Ben Finney wrote: > "Carl Banks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > However, I have rare cases where I do choose to use the else > > (ususally in the midst of a complicated piece of logic, where it's > > be more distracting than concise). In that case, I'd do something > > like this: > > > > def foo(thing): > > if thing: > > return thing+1 > > else: > > return -1 > > assert False > > To my eyes, that's less readable than, and has no benefit over, the > following: > > def foo(thing): > if thing: > result = thing+1 > else: > result = -1 > return result
For this example, yes. Actually I'd probably never do it in this particular case. What I mean in general is some rare times (especially when logic is complex) I prefer to use a redundant control statement that renders something non-reachable; then I use assert False there. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
