On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 9:04 AM Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 3 May 2021 at 04:00, David Álvarez Lombardi
> > This is the mindset that I had. I understand there are other ways to do
> what I am asking. (I provided one in my initial post.) I am saying it
> relies on what I believe to be a notoriously unintuitive method (str.join)
> and an even more unintuitive way of calling it ("".join).
>
> I think this is something of an exaggeration. It's "notoriously
> difficult" (;-)) for an expert to appreciate what looks difficult to a
> newcomer, but I'd argue that while ''.join() is non-obvious at first,
> it's something you learn once and then remember.
Yeah, I don't get this point at all. The `"delim".join(collection)` idiom
may not be the first pattern someone thinks of the first time. But you
learn it once, maybe repeat it a second time, then it's easy.
In contrast, each time I see the "string comprehension" again, I realize
more and more stumbling points that I would continue to have for years.
Plus the fact that it just LOOKS UGLY is a drawback.
> > > list(expression for x in items if cond)
> > > set(expression for x in items if cond)
> > > dict((key, value) for x in items if cond)
>
I kinda like this. I'm tempted to start writing all of these this way. And
if I wanted, I could add `concat(...)` to that parallel structure easily
enough.
I hope the above was of use. Overall, I'm a strong -1 on this
> proposal, I'm afraid.
>
I'm more like -100.
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