Code basics

Justin Sheehy dworkin at ccs.neu.edu
Fri Mar 17 14:25:57 EST 2000


Jeff Pinyan <jeffp at crusoe.net> writes:

>   while notDone:
>     print ("Oh no!","Tjohoo")[this.getNumberOfSomething() == 10]
> 
> Now, I ask you folk, is that "bad" Python?  Is that "bad" programming in
> general, to be brief and succinct like that?  I'm curious -- I have a
> tendency to do things like that.

I'd call it bad programming, because succintness should not take
priority over readability.  Unless you're using some other P___ language.

Besides, you used one more line than you needed.  <wink>

-Justin

 




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