Re: Hlelp clean up clumpsy code

[Scott David Daniels]

Nick Coghlan wrote:
A custom generator will do nicely:
Py> def flatten(seq):
...   for x in seq:
...     if hasattr(x, "__iter__"):
...       for y in flatten(x):
...         yield y
...     else:
...       yield x
Avoiding LBYL gives you:
    def flatten(seq):
        for x in seq:
            try:
                for y in flatten(x):
                    yield y
            except TypeError:
                yield x
--Scott David Daniels
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