On 4/1/07, Gustavo Carneiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 4/1/07, Georg Brandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]

> Example
> =======
>
> This is the standard ``os.path.normpath`` function, converted to type
> declaration
> syntax::
>
>      def normpathƛ(path✎)✎:
>          """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
>          if path✎ == '':
>              return '.'
>          initial_slashes✓ = path✎.startswithƛ('/')✓
>          # POSIX allows one or two initial slashes, but treats three or
> more
>          # as single slash.
>          if (initial_slashes✓ and
>              path✎.startswithƛ('//')✓ and not
> path✎.startswithƛ('///')✓)✓:
>              initial_slashesℕ = 2
>          comps♨ = path✎.splitƛ('/')♨
>          new_comps♨ = []♨
>          for comp✎ in comps♨:
>              if comp✎ in ('', '.')⒯:
>                  continue
>              if (comp✎ != '..' or (not initial_slashesℕ and not
> new_comps♨)✓ or
>                   (new_comps♨ and new_comps♨[-1]✎ == '..')✓)✓:
>                  new_comps♨.appendƛ(comp✎)
>              elif new_comps♨:
>                  new_comps♨.popƛ()✎
>          comps♨ = new_comps♨
>          path✎ = '/'.join(comps♨)✎
>          if initial_slashesℕ:
>              path✎ = '/'*initial_slashesℕ + path✎
>          return path✎ or '.'
>
> As you can clearly see, the type declarations add expressiveness, while
> at the
> same time they make the code look much more professional.


  Is this supposed to be a joke?


 /me ashamed for not having noticed the date of this PEP... :P

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