[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After several years developing in Java, I've begun to switch to Python > for several of my new projects as I have found the language quite > interesting. I've read several tutorials and implemented a few sample > programs and I've found that Python enables one to program in a variety > of different styles (I'm not sure if this was the original intention or > not). Thus, I find myself occaisionally slipping into the "Java" > mindset when writing Python code and I wonder if this is not optimal. > Python is not Java and there must be more "correct" ways of doing this > in Python that simply writing Java code with different syntax. Is > there a good reference on the internet about Python-specific idioms and > just good Python style in general. Which language constructs are > efficient and which aren't? > > Thanks in advance, > Ben >
As an experiment, I googled 'python idioms' and got a few good hits right at the top. I probably should have done this a long time ago. James -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
