On 8/29/06, Charles R Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of features, I wonder if more of the methods should return > references. For instance, it might be nice to write something like: > > a.sort().searchsorted([...]) > > instead of making two statements out of it.
+1 for more 'return self' at the end of methods which currently don't return anything (well, we get the default None), as long as it's sensible. I really like this 'message chaining' style of programming, and it annoys me that much of the python stdlib gratuitously prevents it by NOT returning self in places where it would be a perfectly sensible thing to do. I find it much cleaner to write x = foo.bar().baz(param).frob() than foo.bar() foo.baz(param) x = foo.frob() but perhaps others disagree. Cheers, f ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
