On 25/02/2012 08:18, Wolfgang Meiners wrote:
Am 24.02.12 14:37, schrieb Rick Johnson:
I get sick and tired of doing this!!!
if maxlength == UNLIMITED:
allow_passage()
elif len(string)> maxlength:
deny_passage()
What Python needs is some constant that can be compared to ANY numeric
type and that constant will ALWAYS be larger!
If there is no limit for len(string), why not simply use
# get_limit() returns None if there is no limit
maxlength = get_limit()
if maxlength and (len(string)<= maxlength):
allow_passage()
else:
deny_passage()
That should be:
if maxlength is not None and len(string) <= maxlength:
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