On 11/25/2017 12:58 PM, namenobodywa...@gmail.com wrote: > the idea is that there should be exactly one object posinf (positive > infinity) that compares as strictly greater than any number ever considered, > and exactly one object neginf that compares as strictly less; as the code > stands now there is no reason not to use +/-70 in that capacity; the > "infinity" class is there so that the game-playing parts of the code (which > at present are intentionally as primitive as possible) can be modified more > smoothly later; the single place where "infinity" is instantiated is in the > function "getvalue", which returns the value of a finished game: > > def getvalue(winner,accessibles): > return Infinity(+1) if winner == ex else Infinity(-1) if winner == oh > else 0 if not accessibles else None > > if ex has won then the value of the game is posinf; if oh has won then it's > neginf; if the game is tied (no winner but no accessible columns remaining) > then the value of the game is zero; otherwise the game is not finished and > its finished value is None
So you are using this Infinity class as a sentinel value of some kind? Representing game state? There may be an easier way than a full on custom type. Sometimes just a sentinel object is sufficient. Or an enumeration. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
