On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 8:02 AM, Mikhail V <mikhail...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 9:39 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Mikhail V <mikhail...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I see you manually 'optimise' the look?
>>> I personally would end with something like this:
>>>
>>> def zip_longest(*A, **K):
>>> value = K.get ('fillvalue')
>>> count = len(a) - 1
>>> def sentinel():
>>> nonlocal count
>>> if not count:
>>> raise ZipExhausted
>>> count -= 1
>>> yield value
>>> fillers = repeat (value)
>>> iterators = [chain (it, sentinel(), fillers) for it in A]
>>> try:
>>> while iterators:
>>> yield tuple (map (next, iterators))
>>> except ZipExhausted:
>>> pass
>>>
>>>
>>> So I would say, my option would be something inbetween.
>>> Note that I tweaked it for proportional font, namely Times New Roman.
>
>> I don't see how the font applies here, but whatever.
>
> For a different font, say CourierNew (monospaced) the tweaking strategy might
> be different.
If you have ANY font-specific "tweaking", you're doing it wrong.
Thanks for making it look worse on everyone else's screen.
>> Which is better? The one-letter names or the longer ones that tie in with
>> what they're
>> doing?
>
> I think I have answered more or less in previous post, that you cutted off.
> So you were not satisfied?
> But now I am probably not get your 'better' meaning.
> Better for understanding, or purely visually, i.e. less eye-straining?
Which one would you prefer to maintain? Which would you prefer in a code review?
Do you want to have one- and two-letter variable names, or longer and
more descriptive ones?
Seriously? Do I need to wrench this part out of you? This was supposed
to be the EASY question that everyone can agree on, from which I can
then draw my line of argument.
ChrisA
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