Using re module better

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:09:28 -0800, castironpi wrote:

> On another note, why do people X, Y, and Z, including me, all hate to
> write a= b(); if a: a.something()?


Is this a guessing game? You want us to guess why YOU hate to do 
something? Okay, I'm game for guessing games...

You were traumatized as a child by a newline byte, and now you try to 
write everything possible as a one-liner.

Am I close?

Speaking for myself, I *prefer* to separate the assignment from the 
comparison. I dislike greatly the syntax "if (a=b()): a.something()".


-- 
Steven