On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 2:58:19 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:13 pm, Ned Batchelder wrote: > > > To me, it's a toss-up. The chained version is nice in that it removes the > > repetition of "g". But the unchained version is more explicit, and avoids > > the awkward parenthesis. > > > > I think I would lean toward the unchained version. Clearly tastes can > > differ. > > Indeed. For what it's worth, I'm ever-so-slightly leaning towards Lawrence's > taste here.
More than 'slightly' out here! One thing about python OOP that irritates me is the 'self.' clutter. With a Pascal/VB style with-statement its naturally taken care of Yeah I know there is this FAQ: https://docs.python.org/2/faq/design.html#why-doesn-t-python-have-a-with-statement-for-attribute-assignments I consider it bogus if we allow with to mean something like: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wc500chb.aspx -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
