Christophe wrote: > Michael a écrit : >> Rocco Moretti wrote: >> >> >>>That is, what would happen with the following constructs: >>> >>>A if B else C if D else F >>>A if B if C else D else F >> >> >> The correct answer should be the person who wrote it would get told off >> for writing code that a person reading would have no idea what the code >> was doing (without understanding the precedence). >> >> Whilst it's good to have clear understandable, well defined rules for >> these things, that's no excuse for having unreadable code that other >> people can't read and understand without having to remember obscure >> rules. >> >> Personally, I'd hope that any code-linting tools would flag such >> expressions as potentially bad because they're not clear. (Whereas >> bracketed expressions instantly help here). > > Actually, you don't need to know operator precedence here because the > notation isn't ambiguous in those 2 examples. Of course, it takes some > time to understand the thing but it has more to do with the excessive > amount of "logic" in one line than with the syntax.
I noted that. However it *does* slow people down which increases the chances of misconception (which is why I'd be in favour of bracketing these expressions). Michael. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
