Raymond Hettinger <python <at> rcn.com> writes:
>
> For example:
>
> x = min(seq) except ValueError else 0 # default to zero for empty
sequences
How about:
x = min(seq) if seq else 0
Shorter and more readable ("except X else Y" isn't very logical).
> sample_std_deviation = sqrt(sum(x - mu for x in seq) / (len(seq)-1)) except
ZeroDivisionError else float('Inf')
Same transformation here.
I have to say that the original example:
x = float(string) except ValueError else float('nan')
looks artificial. I don't see how it's adequate behaviour to return a NaN when
presented with a string which doesn't represent a float number.
Besides, all this is python-ideas material (and has probably already been
proposed before).
Regards
Antoine.
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