On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 6:59 PM Stephen Tucker <stephen_tuc...@sil.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > I thought I'd share the following piece of code that I have recently written > (a) to check that what I have done is reasonable - even optimum, > (b) to inform others who might be wanting to do similar things, and > (c) to invite comment from the community. > > ------------------------------------------- > > # > > # Yes: Create an empty list of Band Limits for this language > > # > > # Note. The rather complicated logic on the right-hand side of the > > # assignment below is used here because none of the following > > # alternatives had the desired effect: > > # > > # Logic Effect > > # > > # [None * 8] TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: ... > > # [(None) * 8] TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: ... > > # [((None)) * 8] TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: ... > > # [(None,) * 8] [(None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None)] > > # list ((None) * 8) TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: ... > > # > > diclll_BLim [thisISO_] = list ((None,) * 8) >
Why not just: [None] * 8 ? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
