On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:07:27 -0400, Brad wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> Gah!!! That's *awful* in so many ways. > > Thanks... I'm used to hearing encouragement like that. After a while you > begin to believe that everything you do will be awful, so why even > bother trying?
Well obviously I hit a sore point. I wrote a little hastily, and wasn't quite as polite as I could have been -- but it is true, the function you wrote isn't good: a seven line function with five problems with it. Your function was not at all Pythonic; but it isn't even good style for any serious programming language I know of. I'm sorry if I came across as abrasive, but I'm even sorrier that you can't take constructive criticism. Some techniques are bad practice in any language. > It has been my experience that Python has discouraging forums with > someone always calling someone else an idiot or telling them they are > awful in some way. I love Python, but the community is way too negative, > uptight and generally down on users who do not have PhD's in CS or Math. > > Do you have children? How would your child feel if he brought you > something he had made and you then told him it was awful in *sooo* many > ways. How does that reflect on you and the community you represent? You don't need a PhD to write good code. And do you really want to be treated as a child? Perhaps I could/should have sugar-coated my earlier comments, but I've seen no reason to retract any of them. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
