Writing one-liners in Python (was: Re: [Tutor] help mee)

[dman]

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On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 07:24:58PM -0700, Danny Yoo wrote:
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| > 	Unfortunately, I have the impression that writing one-liners
| > 	in Python isn't as easy as writing one-liners in Perl

That's true, and it's by design.  One-liners, while cute at first, are
hard to comprehend or maintain in the long run.
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|     http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py?req=3Dshow&file=3Dfaq04.015.htp

Those are neat for show, but I wouldn't use them for anything else.

Does anyone have a copy of that christmas tree one-liner someone
posted on c.l.py a year or two ago?  It was pretty cool and even
involved checking the date.

-D

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but those who are righteous will go free.
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