On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 4:15:58 PM UTC-4, Johannes Bauer wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a problem at hand that needs code for backtracking as a solution. > And I have no problem coding it, but I can't get rid of the feeling that > I'm always solving backtracking problems in a non-Pythonic > (non-idiomatic) way. So, I would like to ask if you have a Pythonic > approach to backtracking problems? If so, I'd love to hear your solutions!
When I think of backtracking, I think of Prolog (to which backtracking is central). You could use PySWIP to run SWI-Prolog from your Python program. Not idiomatic Python backtracking, of course, but it would get the job done, and Prolog's backtracking is reliable and well-described. It would help if you already know a bit of Prolog or are keen to learn. Cheers, Steve J. Martin -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
