Chris Angelico wrote:
[Steve]
>>> def wrap(self, text):
>>> split_text = text.split('\n')
>>> lines = [line for para in split_text for line in
textwrap.TextWrapper.wrap(self, para)]
[Dennis]
>> That... Looks rather incorrect.
>>
>> In most all list-comprehensions, the result item is on the left,
and
>> the rest is the iteration clause... And why the (self, ...)? You
inherited
>> from textwrap.TextWrapper, yet here you bypass the inherited to invoke
the
>> wrap method (without instantiating it!).
> I think this is a reasonable thing to do,
Indeed, Steve's trying to apply the superclass algo on every paragraph of
the text.
> but an awkward way to spell it. If you mean to call the original wrap
> method, it would normally be spelled super().wrap(para) instead.
Probably a workaround because super() cannot do its magic in the list
comprehensions namespace. Another workaround is to define
wrap = super().wrap
and then use just wrap() in the listcomp.
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