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On 05/08/17 18:17, Xiaosong Chen wrote: > 2) Also we avoid importing with the >> from foo import * >> >> even if you import with >> >> import foo >> >> foo.temp can still be accessed. When you use autocomplete in an >> interactive shell like ipython, it might become an item. foo.temp does not pose a problem of name pollution because you have to prefix it with foo. Thus every module can have a temp variable and there is no risk of names clashing because they all need to be accessed with name.temp. You can even compare them: if foo.temp < bar.temp.... > 3) We need fewer temporary variables because we can use >> tuple unpacking and generator expressions to replace many >> scenarios where C would use a temporary variable. > I know little with python's xxx comprehension. In my memory, temporary > variables seem not allowed inside, and the same for lambda > expressions. Might you give some examples? > Things like list comprehensions often replace explicit loops which would introduce extra named variables. Consider: >>> lst = [n for n in range(7)] >>> n Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'n' is not defined >>> lst [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] >>> lst2 = [] >>> for n in range(7): lst2.append(n) ... >>> n 6 >>> lst2 [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] >>> You can see how in the list comprehension case n is not visible outside the comprehension whereas n exists outside the for loop(as you noted in your original post) so, by using the comprehension we reduce the number of visible names. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
