On Monday, October 25, 2010 at 11:07:42 AM UTC+1, kj wrote: > In "The Zen of Python", one of the "maxims" is "flat is better than > nested"? Why? Can anyone give me a concrete example that illustrates > this point? > > TIA! > > ~kj > > PS: My question should not be construed as a defense for "nested". > I have no particular preference for either flat or nested; it all > depends on the situation; I would have asked the same question if > the maxim had been "nested is better than flat".
I think there is a point where flat stops working. One of the products I work on has a 40-50 field datastructure - it is hard to work with and find the appropriate fields in. So I would say structured is better than flat but simple is better than to structured. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
