> I'm curious -- what is everyone's favorite trick from a non-python > language? And -- why isn't it in Python?
Hmm... I used to be quite the fan of Python, yet not long ago I met Ruby and fell in love almost instantly. Some of the features I like the most: - statement modifiers: < "return a if a.value == true" < "database.query(q) unless database.connect == error (etc) - unless as "if not", since it gives nicer code to read < unless false then print 1 # this prints 1 forever - iterators, such as times (already mentioned) - 'case' < case var < when 3 then do_sth < when 4 then do_sth_else < # etc... < end - everything returns a value, so you can do: < foo = case foo2 < when 1 then yadda_yadda < when 2 then blah_blah < # etc < end And when foo2 == 2 then "blah_blah" gets executed and returned as the 'case' return value, thus assigning foo the value that results from evaluating blah_blah And some more, but those are the ones I like the best and python doesn't have :-) - greetings - Nicolas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
