On 03/04/2021 11.25, Marco Ippolito wrote: >> (a) basic linear presentation: >> >> resource = "Oil" >> time = 1 >> crude = 2 >> residue = 3 >> my_list = "long" >> >> (b) using explicit tuples: >> >> ( resource, time, crude, residue, my_list ) = ( "Oil", 1, 2, 3, "long" ) >> >> (c) linear and indented tuples: >> >> ( >> resource, >> time, >> crude, >> residue, >> my_list >> ) = ( >> "Oil", >> 1, >> 2, >> 3, >> "long" >> ) > > Choose: (a). > > In (b) I have a problem matching identifiers to values horizontally at a > glance and in (c) I have the same problem vertically: i.e. "is 3 the value for > residue or crude above/to-the-left?" > > Cognitive burden slows down and fatigues.
+1 > Alternatively, if the data "fits together", use a `namedtuple` with kwarg > initialisation or structured data types like `dataclasses`. Whereas the other formats cannot, it would be very easy to turn an (a) type of list into a dataclass! -- Regards, =dn -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
