Steven. Thx (see my question below...)
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Steven D'Aprano <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:35:38 -0700, Wes James wrote: > >> I have this line: >> >> navs.append(A(' '+str(i+1)+' >> ',_href=self.action(args=request.args,vars= > {'_page':i,'_query':request.vars._query >> or ''}))) > > What a mess. How can you read it? > > >> How do I do something like this: >> >> vars={'_page':i, if request.vars._query not None then insert this >> key/value pair ('_query':request.vars._query) else insert nothing } > > vars = {'_page': i} > if request.vars._query is not None: > vars['_query'] = request.vars._query Could this be: vars = {'_page': i} if request.vars._query: vars['_query'] = request.vars._query > > See how simple and clear things are when you give up the insistence on > making everything a one-liner? <snip> -wj -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list