Fred L. Drake, Jr. schrieb: > Speaking strictly for myself: I don't think I *have* to use them, but I do > prefer to use them because I don't like magic constants that affect what a > function does in code; I'd rather have a named constant for readability's > sake. Maybe I just can't keep enough in my head, but I don't find I actually > use seek() enough to remember what the numeric values mean with checking the > reference documentation.
But you *can* remember the symbolic names (plus you can remember what module they are in, in what Python version)? I'd have to consult the documentation for either; help(file.seek) gives the numeric values. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
