[Edu-sig] Re: Naming in Python

Kirby Urner urnerk at qwest.net
Wed Feb 2 05:57:12 CET 2005


Hi Scott:

> Here you missed a simplicity bet (one of my two big pet peeves):
> 
>      class Function:
>          def __init__(self, f):
>   	    self.f = f
>          ...
> 

Yes, good one.

> For the curious, the other peeve is:
> 
>      def function(...
>          if expression:
>              return True
>          else:
>              return False
> 
> instead of:
> 
>      def function(...
>          return expression

Also good.

Thanks for sharing your peeves.  If you get any more pets, please share them
too.

Kirby




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