Code basics

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jeff Pinyan <jeffp at crusoe.net> wrote:
> I'll be a jerk, and do this brevity-style:
>
>   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?

compared to the original, your solution is slower, doesn't
scale, and is harder to maintain.  so yes, it's pretty bad.

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