On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:38 AM, <piterrr.dolin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> intX = 32 # decl + init int var >> How is it not obvious that "intX" is an integer *without* the comment? > > Indeed the assignment is enough to deduce "intX" is an int. The comment is > there to let me know it is unlikely intX appears earlier in the code. Please, > let me do things my way until I find reasons to the contrary. > > Regarding my use of None to mean NULL, point taken to use "" instead.
It's worth noting that None does make a good rendition of "null-as-opposed-to-blank", for instance when you're fetching data from an VARCHAR field in an SQL database. You'd use a string for anything that isn't NULL, and None for the others. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
