On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:38:58 +0200, Thomas Jollans wrote: > On 06/30/2012 08:39 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Peter Otten wrote: >> >>> If you spell it >>> >>> def is_valid_password(password): >>> return mud.minpass <= len(password) <= mud.maxpass >>> >>> it is even easier to see that you are performing an interval check. >> >> This is probably a tautology around here, but *what* *a* *great* >> *programming* *language*. >> >> > Personally, I don't like this feature of the language. I find a ternary > operator that uses symbols that can also be binary operators confusing > and inconsistent with the way operators usually work/the way terms are > usually associated. > > It has the charm of being something you'd "naturally" write in the > context of non-programming mathematics, at the cost of being very odd > indeed in the context of programming in general and Python in > particular.
Surely this fits perfectly with the lines 1 & 7 in the zen of python (import this) "Beautifull is better than ugly" and "Readability counts" I find that construct both beautiful and readable, if it cannot be used in the languages then that is their loss. -- Removing the straw that broke the camel's back does not necessarily allow the camel to walk again. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
