Lyosha wrote: > 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. > Id use the "silly little module" even for experiments. Most Python programmers keep a directory full of such "stock" modules.
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