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Alec Warner wrote: |
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> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Douglas Anderson <dja@××××××.com> wrote: |
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<snip> |
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> belongs.py has this gem: |
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> q.append(('^' if query[0] == '/' else '/') + re.escape(query) + '$') |
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> I realize it works; but honestly, not readable. |
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> append_str = "" |
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> if query[0] == '/' append_str += '^' else append_str += '/' |
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> append_str += re.escape(query) + '$' |
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> q.append(append_str) |
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> Slightly better (if append_str has a shorter name, maybe). I don't |
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> like 1 line if EXPR STATEMENT else STATEMENT but sometimes they are |
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> shorter |
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> Putting a conditional in the function call is horrible looking though. |
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It's called functional programming. Maybe it takes a little getting used to, but |
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as your own example shows, it can cut your code base by a significant factor. |
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Marijn |
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Sarcasm puts the iron in irony, cynicism the steel. |
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Marijn Schouten (hkBst), Gentoo Lisp project, Gentoo ML |
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<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-{lisp,ml} on FreeNode |
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