On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:03:25 -0500, Timothy Fitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:03:30 +1000, Stephen Thorne > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Flat is better than nested" has one foot in concise powerful > > programming, the other foot in optimisation. > > > > foo.bar.baz.arr involves 4 hashtable lookups. arr is just one hashtable > > lookup. > > I find it amazingly hard to believe that this is implying optimization > over functionality or clarity. There has to be another reason, yet I > can't think of any.
What I meant to say was, 'flat is better than nested' allows you to write more concise code, while also writing faster code. Stephen. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
