On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 9:58 PM Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On 20/05/2020 23:20, James Lu wrote:
> > There's a thirty year tradition of doing that because there's no
> > terser way to do it.
>
> Terser does not mean better. In my experience, terser code is often
> harder to comprehend, particularly when you are talking about squashing
> a couple of lines together like this.
>
Except when it's more expressive. Imagine if Python didn't have ANY
argument defaults, merely permitted you to make arguments optional:
def int(x, ?base):
if base is UNSET:
base = 10
...
Would you agree that simply writing "base=10" is better?
You're right that terser does not ALWAYS mean better, but "more
expressive" often compasses both better and terser. Terser definitely
does not mean worse.
ChrisA
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