list_a-list_b

[Bengt Richter]

On 17 Apr 2002 10:21:46 GMT, Philip Swartzleonard <starx at pacbell.net> wrote:
[...]
>Tim Peters || Tue 16 Apr 2002 10:54:56p:
[...]
>> 
>> though.  Contrary to popular belief, there's no Fabulous Prize
>> awaiting those who minimize either vertical or horizontal space
>> <wink>. 
>
>Minimizing relative vertical space is great; that's why list 
>comprehensions are better than nested for loops for expressing simple 
>ideas ('i want var to be an x by y matrix of foozles' =), and why moving 
>stuff into subfunctions is nice. Horizontal space though... feh. Unless 
>you're using emacs default python mode, in a two or three level deep 
>looping structre in a function in a class, and you need to write 
>'self.data[x][y].variable = self.long_function_name( lots, of, arguments 
>)' ... =)

If you want the form but not the looong one-liner:

    self.data[x][y].variable = (
        self.long_function_name(
            lots,
            of,
            arguments 
        )
    )

Hm, this makes me wonder if '=' could introduce an optionally indented expression block,
using ident/dedent where the above is using = ( .. )

Regards,
Bengt Richter