[Tutor] A Python idiom that I don't get

[Don Taylor]

w chun wrote:
> it sounds like you did not develop the original code.  it seems to
> work... why are you trying to replace it?  are you refactoring?

No it is not my code. I am trying to get it running in Jython which does 
not support the bool function.  I may refactor it after I get it working 
in Jython, but right now I have added the following function to my module:

def bool(value):
     if value:
         return 1
     return 0

and this seems to work and lets me leave the original source code 
untouched for now.


> i like both of these better... they will perform better than with
> bool().  of the two, it would be interesting to study which one's
> faster... and why.
>

Performance is not really important but I will try some instrumentation 
on this code.

FWIW.  I am trying to write a Jython extension to the Pydev/Eclipse IDE 
that will re-wrap selected comment blocks and docstrings.  Pydev now 
supports extensions written in Jython - see: http://pydev.sourceforge.net/

Don.