On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Danny Yoo <d...@hashcollision.org> wrote: >> >> I was told by someone (as a comment) that a code snippet such as this >> "would make Pythonistas talk my ear off about how evil the append()" >> function is: >> > > > I think this thread demonstrates: we don't need an excuse to talk your ears > off. :P >
hehe, indeed. > Using append() is fine. > > If anything, the comment might be referring to an issue with appending > strings in a naive way. But without further information, can't say for > sure. If you can get more information about what your friend was talking > about, that would be helpful. It didn't have to do with strings. It was a basic example of using append() which is to start with an empty list and and then build it incrementally: >>> l = [ ] >>> l.append(1) # append more But yeah, I think that bit of "talking my ears off" is now no more valid and I have written a good rebuttal to the comment :) Best, Amit. -- http://echorand.me _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor