Op 2005-01-13, hanz schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Antoon Pardon wrote: >> So if I have a call with an expression that takes more than >> one line, I should assign the expression to a variable and >> use the variable in the call? > > Yes, that's sometimes a good practice and can clarify > the call. > >> But wait if I do that, people will tell me how bad that it >> is, because it will keep a reference to the value which >> will prevent the garbage collector from harvesting this >> memory. > > Nobody will tell you that it's bad.
Sorry, someone already did. If I recall correctly it was Alex Martelli. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
