MonkeeSage wrote:
> With list.has_index() / get(), the following (pretty common I think)
> idiom:
>
> try:
> data = some_unknown_seq[2]
> except IndexError:
> data = None
> if data: ...
umm. you could at least write:
try:
data = some_unknown_seq[2]
except IndexError:
pass
else:
... deal with data ...
but "let's hypergeneralize and treat sequences and mappings as the same
thing" proposals are nothing new; a trip to the archives might be help-
ful.
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