Re: Any marginally usable programming language approaches an ill defined barely usable re-implementation of half of Common-Lisp

2024-05-29 Thread Dan Sommers via Python-list
On 2024-05-29 at 11:39:14 -0700,
HenHanna via Python-list  wrote:

> On 5/27/2024 1:59 PM, 2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com wrote:

> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule

[...]

> Are  the Rules 1--9  by  Greenspun   good too?

I don't know; let me look it up.  Oh, there it is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule says that
Greenspun said he "was just trying to give the rule a memorable name."

Sadly, the citation link is failing for me right now.
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Re: Serializing pydantic enums

2024-05-29 Thread Mats Wichmann via Python-list

On 5/29/24 13:27, Larry Martell via Python-list wrote:

On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM Left Right via Python-list
 wrote:


Most Python objects aren't serializable into JSON. Pydantic isn't
special in this sense.

What can you do about this? -- Well, if this is a one-of situation,
then, maybe just do it by hand?

If this is a recurring problem: json.dumps() takes a cls argument that
will be used to do the serialization. Extend json.JSONEncoder and
implement the encode() method for the encoder class you are passing. I
believe that the official docs have some information about this too.


Yeah, I know I can do this, but I seem to recall reading that pydantic
handled serialization.  Guess not.


Pydantic devotes some of its documentation to serialization.

https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/concepts/serialization/

As noted elsewhere, some Python objects are easy to serialize, some you 
need to provide some help. Consider pickling: if you write a class that 
isn't obviously pickleable, the getstate dunder method can be defined to 
help out.  For Pydantic, there's a couple of ways... aliases in 
particular seem designed to help: there's a serialization_alias argument 
to the Field function.

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Re: Serializing pydantic enums

2024-05-29 Thread Larry Martell via Python-list
On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 12:27 PM Larry Martell  wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM Left Right via Python-list
>  wrote:
> >
> > Most Python objects aren't serializable into JSON. Pydantic isn't
> > special in this sense.
> >
> > What can you do about this? -- Well, if this is a one-of situation,
> > then, maybe just do it by hand?
> >
> > If this is a recurring problem: json.dumps() takes a cls argument that
> > will be used to do the serialization. Extend json.JSONEncoder and
> > implement the encode() method for the encoder class you are passing. I
> > believe that the official docs have some information about this too.
>
> Yeah, I know I can do this, but I seem to recall reading that pydantic
> handled serialization.  Guess not.

Actually it's as simple as adding this to any model that uses an enum model:

class Config:
use_enum_values = True


> > On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM Larry Martell via Python-list
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Just getting started with pydantic. I have this example code:
> > >
> > > class FinishReason(Enum):
> > > stop = 'stop'
> > >
> > > class Choice(BaseModel):
> > > finish_reason: FinishReason = Field(...)
> > >
> > >
> > > But I cannot serialize this:
> > >
> > > json.dumps(Choice(finish_reason=FinishReason.stop).dict())
> > > *** TypeError: Object of type FinishReason is not JSON serializable
> > >
> > >
> > > I get the object not the value:
> > >
> > > (Pdb) Choice(finish_reason=FinishReason.stop)
> > > Choice(finish_reason=)
> > >
> > >
> > > Also tried it with .value, same result.
> > >
> > > What am I missing here?
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Re: SOLVED! Re: Weird Stuff (Markdown, syntax highlighting and Python)

2024-05-29 Thread dn via Python-list

On 29/05/24 06:49, Gilmeh Serda via Python-list wrote:


Solved by using a different method.



Hedonist for hire... no job too easy!


This combination of sig-file and content seems sadly ironic.


How about CONTRIBUTING to the community by explaining 'the solution' to 
people who may find a similar problem - in the similar manner to the 
various members who have helped YOU, voluntarily (and despite the 
paucity of source-information and response)?


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Re: Any marginally usable programming language approaches an ill defined barely usable re-implementation of half of Common-Lisp

2024-05-29 Thread Kaz Kylheku via Python-list
On 2024-05-29, HenHanna  wrote:
> On 5/27/2024 1:59 PM, 2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com wrote:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule
>
>
> interesting!!!
>
> Are  the Rules 1--9  by  Greenspun   good too?

I don't think they exist; it's a joke.

However, Greenspun's resume of accomplishments is a marvel and
an inspiration, including many in Lisp.

A few highlights:

https://philip.greenspun.com/personal/resume

"Helped architect, simulate and design prototype of HP's Precision
Architecture RISC computer. The prototype took two man-years to complete
and ran at VAX 11/780 speed in June 1983. This architecture became the
basis of HP's computer product line for 15 years and then became the
basis for the 64-bit generation of Intel processors."

https://philip.greenspun.com/personal/resume-list

"Automatic Layout tools for VLSI, with an emphasis on bus cells and
automatic implementation of finite state machines (1984 for Symbolics)"

"Design tools on Symbolics Lisp Machine for RISC CPU implemented in TTL
(1982-3 for Hewlett Packard)" (in reference to the PA-RISC work).

"ConSolve system for automating earthmoving, entirely implemented in
Lisp (1986-1989 for ConSolve), including:

* Delaunay Triangulation-based terrain model, with C0 and C1 surface
   models.
* complete environment for earthworks and road design, including
  software to specify design surfaces, calculate costs of
  realizing design surfaces and automatic design tools
* tree-structured database of zoning laws and automatic testing of
  design compliance
* hydrology modelling to calculate drainage basins, streams and ridges
* simulation of earthmoving vehicles
* automated surveying using vehicles and location systems
* radio interface to Caterpillar vehicle, including CRCC error detection
* automatically generated user interface"

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Re: Any marginally usable programming language approaches an ill defined barely usable re-implementation of half of Common-Lisp

2024-05-29 Thread HenHanna via Python-list



On 5/27/2024 1:59 PM, 2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com wrote:

On 2024-05-27 at 12:37:01 -0700,
HenHanna via Python-list  wrote:



On 5/27/2024 7:18 AM, Cor wrote:

Some entity, AKA "B. Pym" ,
wrote this mindboggling stuff:
(selectively-snipped-or-not-p)


On 12/16/2023, c...@clsnet.nl wrote:


Any marginally usable programming language approaches an ill
 defined barely usable re-implementation of half of common-lisp


The good news is, it's not Lisp that sucks, but Common Lisp.
   --- Paul Graham


Just to set the record straight;
This is not My line.
I quoted it but don't know who the originator of that remark is.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule



interesting!!!

Are  the Rules 1--9  by  Greenspun   good too?


  does   Greenspun   pun ?

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Re: Serializing pydantic enums

2024-05-29 Thread Larry Martell via Python-list
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM Left Right via Python-list
 wrote:
>
> Most Python objects aren't serializable into JSON. Pydantic isn't
> special in this sense.
>
> What can you do about this? -- Well, if this is a one-of situation,
> then, maybe just do it by hand?
>
> If this is a recurring problem: json.dumps() takes a cls argument that
> will be used to do the serialization. Extend json.JSONEncoder and
> implement the encode() method for the encoder class you are passing. I
> believe that the official docs have some information about this too.

Yeah, I know I can do this, but I seem to recall reading that pydantic
handled serialization.  Guess not.

> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM Larry Martell via Python-list
>  wrote:
> >
> > Just getting started with pydantic. I have this example code:
> >
> > class FinishReason(Enum):
> > stop = 'stop'
> >
> > class Choice(BaseModel):
> > finish_reason: FinishReason = Field(...)
> >
> >
> > But I cannot serialize this:
> >
> > json.dumps(Choice(finish_reason=FinishReason.stop).dict())
> > *** TypeError: Object of type FinishReason is not JSON serializable
> >
> >
> > I get the object not the value:
> >
> > (Pdb) Choice(finish_reason=FinishReason.stop)
> > Choice(finish_reason=)
> >
> >
> > Also tried it with .value, same result.
> >
> > What am I missing here?
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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Thomas Passin via Python-list

On 5/29/2024 10:59 AM, MRAB via Python-list wrote:

On 2024-05-29 15:32, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:

On 5/29/2024 8:55 AM, Kevin M. Wilson wrote:
Please recall, I said the format for the email failed to retain the 
proper indents.

I'll attach a picture of the code!
Purpose; to uppercase every other letter in a string.

Thanks all, KMW


Simpler is good, and readability is good.  For a simple conversion that
has a little touch of generality:

s1 = 'this is a test'
def convert(i, ch):
  return ch.upper() if i % 2 else ch

result = ''.join([convert(i, ch) for i, ch in enumerate(s1)])
print(result)  # tHiS Is a tEsT


[snip]
Small mistake there. The original code converted to uppercase on even 
indexes, whereas your code does it on odd ones.


I wondered if anyone would catch that :)  Anyway, I don't think the 
original question was whether to start with even or odd but ways to 
iterate character by character and do something, right?



However, this has a weakness: what to do about spaces.  Should they be
counted among the characters to be uppercased? or should they not be
included in the count of the alternation?  If you want to uppercase
every other letter that is not a space, things become a little more
complicated.  And then do you want this to apply to all whitespace or
only spaces?

If you want to skip changing spaces, then you need to track the state of
converted characters in some way.  It would probably be easier (and more
readable) to use a "for x in t:" construction:


Actually, I did mess up the action for a space.  It should be:

def convert(convert_this, ch):
"""Convert character ch if convert_this is True.
Don't convert spaces.
"""
if ch == ' ':
   return (convert_this, ch)
if convert_this:
   return (False, ch.upper())
return (True, ch)

We should never get two printable uppercased characters in a row, even 
if there is a space between them, but my original convert(convert_this, 
ch) did.



def convert(convert_this, ch):
  """Convert character ch if convert_this is True.
  Don't convert spaces.
  """
  if convert_this:
  if ch == ' ':
  return (convert_this, ch)
  elif convert_this:
  return (False, ch.upper())
  return (True, ch)

convert_next = False
result = ''
for ch in s1:
  convert_next, ch = convert(convert_next, ch)
  result += ch
print(result)  # tHiS Is A TeSt

There could be even more complications if you allow non-ascii characters
but you were asking about processing character by character so I won't
get into that.

(You haven't specified the problem in enough detail to answer questions
like those).


[snip]




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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Grant Edwards via Python-list
On 2024-05-29, Mats Wichmann via Python-list  wrote:
> On 5/29/24 08:02, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:
>> On 2024-05-29, Chris Angelico via Python-list  wrote:
>> 
>>> print(f"if block {name[index]=} {index=}")
>> 
>> Holy cow!  How did I not know about the f-string {=} thing?
>
> It's more recent than f-strings in general, so it's not that hard to miss.

I really should make a habit of reading through the "what's new" pages
when new releases come out...

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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread MRAB via Python-list

On 2024-05-29 15:32, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:

On 5/29/2024 8:55 AM, Kevin M. Wilson wrote:
Please recall, I said the format for the email failed to retain the 
proper indents.

I'll attach a picture of the code!
Purpose; to uppercase every other letter in a string.

Thanks all, KMW


Simpler is good, and readability is good.  For a simple conversion that
has a little touch of generality:

s1 = 'this is a test'
def convert(i, ch):
  return ch.upper() if i % 2 else ch

result = ''.join([convert(i, ch) for i, ch in enumerate(s1)])
print(result)  # tHiS Is a tEsT


[snip]
Small mistake there. The original code converted to uppercase on even 
indexes, whereas your code does it on odd ones.



However, this has a weakness: what to do about spaces.  Should they be
counted among the characters to be uppercased? or should they not be
included in the count of the alternation?  If you want to uppercase
every other letter that is not a space, things become a little more
complicated.  And then do you want this to apply to all whitespace or
only spaces?

If you want to skip changing spaces, then you need to track the state of
converted characters in some way.  It would probably be easier (and more
readable) to use a "for x in t:" construction:

def convert(convert_this, ch):
  """Convert character ch if convert_this is True.
  Don't convert spaces.
  """
  if convert_this:
  if ch == ' ':
  return (convert_this, ch)
  elif convert_this:
  return (False, ch.upper())
  return (True, ch)

convert_next = False
result = ''
for ch in s1:
  convert_next, ch = convert(convert_next, ch)
  result += ch
print(result)  # tHiS Is A TeSt

There could be even more complications if you allow non-ascii characters
but you were asking about processing character by character so I won't
get into that.

(You haven't specified the problem in enough detail to answer questions
like those).


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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Barry Scott via Python-list



> On 29 May 2024, at 05:38, Kevin M. Wilson via Python-list 
>  wrote:
> 
> The format in this email is not of my making, should someone know, how to do 
> this so that it's a readable script do tell!
> KMW


Your mail program may have a plain-text mode to compose messages in try using 
that.

Barry

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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Thomas Passin via Python-list

On 5/29/2024 8:55 AM, Kevin M. Wilson wrote:
Please recall, I said the format for the email failed to retain the 
proper indents.

I'll attach a picture of the code!
Purpose; to uppercase every other letter in a string.

Thanks all, KMW


Simpler is good, and readability is good.  For a simple conversion that 
has a little touch of generality:


s1 = 'this is a test'
def convert(i, ch):
return ch.upper() if i % 2 else ch

result = ''.join([convert(i, ch) for i, ch in enumerate(s1)])
print(result)  # tHiS Is a tEsT

However, this has a weakness: what to do about spaces.  Should they be 
counted among the characters to be uppercased? or should they not be 
included in the count of the alternation?  If you want to uppercase 
every other letter that is not a space, things become a little more 
complicated.  And then do you want this to apply to all whitespace or 
only spaces?


If you want to skip changing spaces, then you need to track the state of 
converted characters in some way.  It would probably be easier (and more 
readable) to use a "for x in t:" construction:


def convert(convert_this, ch):
"""Convert character ch if convert_this is True.
Don't convert spaces.
"""
if convert_this:
if ch == ' ':
return (convert_this, ch)
elif convert_this:
return (False, ch.upper())
return (True, ch)

convert_next = False
result = ''
for ch in s1:
convert_next, ch = convert(convert_next, ch)
result += ch
print(result)  # tHiS Is A TeSt

There could be even more complications if you allow non-ascii characters 
but you were asking about processing character by character so I won't 
get into that.


(You haven't specified the problem in enough detail to answer questions 
like those).





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On Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 06:19:56 AM MDT, Thomas Passin via 
Python-list  wrote:



On 5/29/2024 3:14 AM, Chris Angelico via Python-list wrote:
 > On Wed, 29 May 2024 at 16:03, Cameron Simpson via Python-list
 > mailto:python-list@python.org>> wrote:
 >> By which Thomas means stuff like this:
 >>
 >>      print(f'if block {name[index]} and index {index}')
 >>
 >> Notice the leading "f'". Personally I wouldn't even go that far, just:
 >>
 >>      print('if block', name[index], 'and index', index)
 >>
 >> But there are plenty of places where f-strings are very useful.
 >
 > I wouldn't replace str.format() everywhere, nor would I replace
 > percent encoding everywhere - but in this case, I think Thomas is
 > correct. Not because it's 2024 (f-strings were brought in back in
 > 2015, so they're hardly chronologically special),

I only meant that they have been around for 9 years and are usually more
readable, so just change over already.  I had some inertia over them
myself (imagine sticking with % formatting!) so I understand.


 > but because most of
 > this looks like debugging output that can take advantage of this
 > feature:
 >
 > print(f"if block {name[index]=} {index=}")
 >
 > ChrisA

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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Mats Wichmann via Python-list

On 5/29/24 08:02, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:

On 2024-05-29, Chris Angelico via Python-list  wrote:


print(f"if block {name[index]=} {index=}")


Holy cow!  How did I not know about the f-string {=} thing?



It's more recent than f-strings in general, so it's not that hard to miss.
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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Grant Edwards via Python-list
On 2024-05-29, Chris Angelico via Python-list  wrote:

> print(f"if block {name[index]=} {index=}")

Holy cow!  How did I not know about the f-string {=} thing?

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Re: Formatted Output and Argument Parsing (was: Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?)

2024-05-29 Thread Chris Angelico via Python-list
On Wed, 29 May 2024 at 23:06, Dan Sommers via Python-list
 wrote:
> (For the history-impaired, getopt existed long before Python and will
> likely exist long after it, but getopt's "replacement" optparse lasted
> only from 2003 until 2011.)

Depends on your definition of "lasted". It's not getting developed
further, but it's still there. If you started using it, you're welcome
to keep going.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/optparse.html

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Formatted Output and Argument Parsing (was: Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?)

2024-05-29 Thread Dan Sommers via Python-list
On 2024-05-29 at 17:14:51 +1000,
Chris Angelico via Python-list  wrote:

> I wouldn't replace str.format() everywhere, nor would I replace
> percent encoding everywhere - but in this case, I think Thomas is
> correct. Not because it's 2024 (f-strings were brought in back in
> 2015, so they're hardly chronologically special), but because most of
> this looks like debugging output that can take advantage of this
> feature:
> 
> print(f"if block {name[index]=} {index=}")

defsnark:

After years of getopt (and even more, if you include non-Python
experience), I'm glad I decided to wait a decade before chugging the
optparse koolaid.

(For the history-impaired, getopt existed long before Python and will
likely exist long after it, but getopt's "replacement" optparse lasted
only from 2003 until 2011.)

That said, I agree that the = thing makes f-strings eminently useful for
debugging, and I wholeheartedly agree with not fixing things that aren't
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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Thomas Passin via Python-list

On 5/29/2024 3:14 AM, Chris Angelico via Python-list wrote:

On Wed, 29 May 2024 at 16:03, Cameron Simpson via Python-list
 wrote:

By which Thomas means stuff like this:

  print(f'if block {name[index]} and index {index}')

Notice the leading "f'". Personally I wouldn't even go that far, just:

  print('if block', name[index], 'and index', index)

But there are plenty of places where f-strings are very useful.


I wouldn't replace str.format() everywhere, nor would I replace
percent encoding everywhere - but in this case, I think Thomas is
correct. Not because it's 2024 (f-strings were brought in back in
2015, so they're hardly chronologically special),


I only meant that they have been around for 9 years and are usually more 
readable, so just change over already.  I had some inertia over them 
myself (imagine sticking with % formatting!) so I understand.



but because most of
this looks like debugging output that can take advantage of this
feature:

print(f"if block {name[index]=} {index=}")

ChrisA


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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread MRAB via Python-list

On 2024-05-29 05:33, Kevin M. Wilson via Python-list wrote:

The following is my effort to understand how to process a string, letter, by 
letter:
def myfunc(name):        index = 0    howmax = len(name)    # while (index <= 
howmax):    while (index < howmax):        if (index % 2 == 0):            
print('letter to upper = {}, index {}!'.format(name[index], index))            name = 
name[index].upper()            print('if block {} and index {}'.format(name[index], 
index))        elif (index % 2 > 0):            print(index)            print('Start: 
elseif block, index is {}, letter is {}'.format(index, name))            # print('letter 
to lower = {}'.format(name[index]))            # print('Already lowercase do noting: 
name = {}'.format(name[index]))        index += 1        # index = name.upper()
     return name
myfunc('capitalism')
Error message:                        Not making sense, index is 1, letter s/b 
'a'letter to upper = c, index 0!
if block C and index 0
1
Start: elseif block, index is 1, letter is C
---
IndexErrorTraceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[27], line 21
  17 # index = name.upper()
  19 return name
---> 21 myfunc('capitalism')

Cell In[27], line 8, in myfunc(name)
   6 while (index < howmax):
   7 if (index % 2 == 0):
> 8 print('letter to upper = {}, index {}!'.format(name[index], 
index))
   9 name = name[index].upper()
  10 print('if block {} and index {}'.format(name[index], index))

IndexError: string index out of 
range***
So, I'm doing something... Stupid!!
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Isaiah 43:2


I think the code is this:

def myfunc(name):
index = 0
howmax = len(name)
# while (index <= howmax):
while (index < howmax):
if (index % 2 == 0):
print('letter to upper = {}, index {}!'.format(name[index], 
index))

name = name[index].upper()
print('if block {} and index {}'.format(name[index], index))
elif (index % 2 > 0):
print(index)
print('Start: elseif block, index is {}, letter is 
{}'.format(index, name))

# print('letter to lower = {}'.format(name[index]))
# print('Already lowercase do noting: name = 
{}'.format(name[index]))

index += 1
# index = name.upper()
return name

myfunc('capitalism')


What is:

name = name[index].upper()

meant to be doing?

What it's _actually_ doing is getting the character at a given index, 
converting it to uppercase, and then assigning it to `name`, so `name` 
is now 1 character long.


It doesn't this when 'index' is 0, so after the first iteration, `name` 
is a single-character string.


On the second iteration it raises IndexError because the string is only 
1 character long and you're asking for `name[1]`.


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Re: SOLVED! Re: Weird Stuff (Markdown, syntax highlighting and Python)

2024-05-29 Thread o1bigtenor via Python-list
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 9:48 PM Gilmeh Serda via Python-list <
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> Solved by using a different method.
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- - - And that was how?

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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Chris Angelico via Python-list
On Wed, 29 May 2024 at 16:03, Cameron Simpson via Python-list
 wrote:
> By which Thomas means stuff like this:
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>  print(f'if block {name[index]} and index {index}')
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> Notice the leading "f'". Personally I wouldn't even go that far, just:
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>  print('if block', name[index], 'and index', index)
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> But there are plenty of places where f-strings are very useful.

I wouldn't replace str.format() everywhere, nor would I replace
percent encoding everywhere - but in this case, I think Thomas is
correct. Not because it's 2024 (f-strings were brought in back in
2015, so they're hardly chronologically special), but because most of
this looks like debugging output that can take advantage of this
feature:

print(f"if block {name[index]=} {index=}")

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Re: Flubbed it in the second interation through the string: range error... HOW?

2024-05-29 Thread Cameron Simpson via Python-list

On 29May2024 01:14, Thomas Passin  wrote:
Also, it's 2024 ... time to start using f-strings (because they are 
more readable than str.format())


By which Thomas means stuff like this:

print(f'if block {name[index]} and index {index}')

Notice the leading "f'". Personally I wouldn't even go that far, just:

print('if block', name[index], 'and index', index)

But there are plenty of places where f-strings are very useful.
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