On 02/04/2021 23:10, dn via Python-list wrote:
(f) the space-saver:
resource = "Oil"; time = 1; crude = 2; residue = 3; my_list = "long"
IMO This can be OK when the number of items is VERY small (like 2) and
not expected to increase (or decrease). Especially if there are
multiple similar initialisations:
x = 1; y = 2
...
x = 2 ; y = 6
This saves vertical space and the similarity of the initialisations may
be more apparent. It also means only a single line need be
cut/pasted/modified.
No doubt others will disagree.
This answer reflects my willingness to use multiple statements on a line
OCCASIONALLY, WHEN I think it is appropriate (as I have said or implied
in other posts), whereas many people seem to regard this as completely
taboo.
Another example:
x1 = 42; y1 = 3; z1 = 10
x2 = 41; y2 = 12; z2 = 9
x3 = 8; y3 = 8; z3 = 10
(please imagine it's in a fixed font with everything neatly vertically
aligned).
This has see-at-a-glance STRUCTURE: the letters are aligned vertically
and the "subscripts" horizontally. Write it as 9 lines and it becomes
an amorphous mess in which mistakes are harder to spot.
Rob Cliffe
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