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[John Posner]

On 2/5/2010 11:26 AM, Gerald Britton wrote:
> sure, but it will fit nicely on one line if you like
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:22 AM, John Posner<jjposner at optimum.net>  wrote:
>    
>> On 2/5/2010 11:06 AM, Gerald Britton wrote:
>>      
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Last August [1], I offered this alternative:
>>>>
>>>>   self.cmd = (cmd.replace(r'${ADDR}',ip)
>>>>               if isinstance(cmd, str) else
>>>>               cmd)
>>>>
>>>> But it didn't get much love in this forum!
>>>>          
>>> I'd probably go for that one as well though I might consider removing
>>> the outer parentheses.
>>>        
>> Agreed ... except that you *need* the outer parentheses if the statement
>> occupies multiple source lines.
>>
>> -John
>>
>>
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>>      
>
>
>    
Did you mean to take this off-list?  Also, I'm contractually obligated 
to admonish you not to "top post".

At any rate, I proposed the 3-line format specifically because it 
separates the data values from the if-then-else machinery, making it 
easier (for me) to read. But there was considerable resistance to 
spending so much vertical space in the source code.

-John