On May 17, 11:10 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > That's way too complicated... Is there any way to convert it to a > > one- liner so that I can remember it? > > You put in a module so you don't *have* to remember it. > > Then, you use it in this one-liner: > > foo = to_base(15, 2) > > Carrying a whole lot of one-liners around in your head is a waste of > neurons. Neurons are far more valuable than disk space, screen lines, > or CPU cycles.
While I agree with this general statement, I think remembering a particular one-liner to convert a number to a binary is more valuable to my brain than remembering where I placed the module that contains this function. I needed the one-liner not to save disk space or screen lines. It's to save time, should I need to convert to binary when doing silly little experiments. I would spend more time getting the module wherever it is I stored it (and rewriting it if it got lost). It's fun, too. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
