On 1/3/06, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > if somestr[:len(needle)] == needle:
>
> This is definitely more readable, and the same would apply if I tested
> somestr[:len('glab')] == 'glab' -- the key point being that one knows
> where th
Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > code goo.last than goo[-1]. For an analogy, consider, in Python,
> > somestr.startswith('glab') as a more readable equivalent of
> > somestr[:4]=='glab' -- the "why add?" question is easily answered,
>
> Using constants for the example does
Andrew Durdin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 29 Dec 2005 09:50:57 -0800, colinwb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> puts ck.first, ck[0], '*', ck.last, ck[-1]
>
> One of the points at issue (minimalism/monotony) relates to TOOWTDI,
> which has implications for language/module design and for c
On 29 Dec 2005 09:50:57 -0800, colinwb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >> puts ck.first, ck[0], '*', ck.last, ck[-1]
One of the points at issue (minimalism/monotony) relates to TOOWTDI,
which has implications for language/module design and for code
readability. Ruby supports negative indices in the
Apologies if I'm misunderstanding some points in kpd's post, but:
http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref_c_array.html
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arr[anInteger] -> anObject or nil
arr[start, length] -> aSubArray or nil
arr[aRange] -> aSubArray or nil
Element Reference
Returns the element at index anInteger, or returns a s
list[-1] maps very well to my mental concept of list. To me 'List'
brings to mind a bunch of things in a line. It's intuitive to count
forward or backward.
Ruby's 'last' doesn't map as well for me because I don't think of the
list as having an attribute of 'last.'
Java just annoys me because
Dave Benjamin wrote:
> There's been a lot of discussion lately regarding Ruby and the notion of
> a "humane" interface to objects like arrays and maps, as opposed to
> "minimalist" ones. I believe the article that started the debates was
> this one by Martin Fowler:
>
> http://www.developertesti
