Phlip wrote: > On Jan 5, 8:49 pm, Steven D'Aprano > <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> wrote: > >>> (A related question - why can't I just go 'if record = method(): use >>> (record)'. Why extra lines just to trap and assign the variable before >>> using it?) >> Because that idiom is responsible for probably the most common error in C >> of all, at least one of the most common errors. Thank goodness Python >> forbids such a dangerous construct. > > switching = for == is the "most common error in C"? > > I can't tell if you are joking.
Well, there's also the "indenting code without surrounding it by braces" error, but y'all just keep defending the approach to programming that *you* think is best. Just don't expect others to agree. The FAQ clearly documents why Python is a statement-based, and not an expression-based, language. Me, I think Guido is a pretty good language designer, and while we've had our differences I think that Python is a *much* better language than C and most others. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon is coming! Atlanta, Feb 2010 http://us.pycon.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
