[Python-ideas] combining two threads: switch statements and inline functions

[Ryan Gonzalez]

I was talking about Chris' code, not yours.


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Bruce Leban <bruce at leapyear.org> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Uhhh...isn't that the same as a lambda? i.e.:
>>
>
>
> I knew I should have thrown something else in there more than 'return' to
> show I wasn't just doing lambda. See added lines below.
>
> def sample(i, op, j):
>     switcher = {{
>        '-':: if i > j:
>                  return i - j
>              else:
>                  return j - i;;
>        '+':: return i + j;;
>
>        '*':: result = 1
>
>              for k in range(j):
>
>                  result += i
>
>              return result;;
>
>        '@':: print(i, j)
>              raise OopsException();;
>
>     }}
>     return switcher[op]()
>
>
> I also left out the default case for simplicity.
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Andrew Barnert <abarnert at yahoo.com>
>  wrote:
>
>> <snip> It's not an accident that the provisional syntax is ugly </snip>
>>
>
> You think that's ugly? I can make it uglier.
>
> --- Bruce
>



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Ryan
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