Interesting. I haven't looked at that package before. It looks like it would work well for that.
On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 4:48 AM Robert Vanden Eynde <robertv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm wondering how your examples would go with from funcoperators import > infix (https://pypi.org/project/funcoperators/) > > sum(1:6) # instead of sum(range(1, 6)) >> >> > sum(1 /exclusive/ 6) > > list(1:6) >> >> > list(1 /exclusive/ 6) > set(1 /exclusive/ 1) > > Note that you can pick another name. > Note that you can pick another function : > > @infix > def inclusive (a, b): > return range(a, b+1) > > sum(1 /inclusive/ 6) > > for i in (1:6): >> >> print(i**2) >> >> > for i in 1 /exclusive/ 6: > print(i**2) > > (i**2 for i in (1:6)) >> >> > (i ** 2 for i in 1 /exclusive/ 6) > > It also makes forming reusable slices clearer and easier: >> >> my_slice = (:6:2) # instead of slice(None, 6, 2) >> my_list[my_slice] >> >> > I don't have exact equivalent here, I would create a function or > explicitly say slice(0, 6, 2) > > This is similar to passing a range/slice object into the respective >> constructor: >> >> >> [1:6] # list(1:6) or [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] >> {1:6} # set(1:6) or {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} >> >> > As mentioned before {1:6} is a dict. > > Here are a few more examples: >> >> >> for i in (:5): # 5 elements 0 to 4, i.e. range(5) >> >> print(i**2) >> >> > Everybody knows i in range(5). > > >> for i in (1:): # counts up from one for as long as you want, i.e. >> count(1) >> >> > Well, count(1) is nice and people can google it. >
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