On Jan 11, 1:22 pm, "Madhusudan.C.S" <madhusuda...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am sorry all I am not here to just blame Python. This is just an > introspection of whether > what I believe is right. Being a devotee of Python from past 2 years I > have been writing only > small apps and singing praises about Python where ever I go. I now got > a chance to read > Django's code for some reason. I have now strongly started feeling if > Python really follows its > "Readability Counts" philosophy. For example, > > class A: > a = 10 > b = "Madhu" > > def somemethod(self, arg1): > self.c = 20.22 > d = "some local variable" > # do something > .... > ... > def somemethod2 (self, arg2): > self.c = "Changed the variable" > # do something 2 > ... > > In such situations, where the Instance variables come into existence > only when they are used > it is very difficult to track the flow of code. Its obviously not > possible to remember what > instance variable was defined where, when reading some substantial > amount of code and where > it was manipulated for that matter. It becomes so very frustrating > even when reading a Class's > code with just 6-8 methods and not more than 100-150 lines of code. > > I am interested in knowing if I am reading this kind of code in the > wrong way mostly because > of C++/Java hangover since most other languages follow the same > approach as them? If there > is a Pythonic way reading this code for better readability? What made > Python developers to > adopt this strange strategy keeping "Readibility Counts" in mind? > > -- Python Rocks! > Madhusudan.C.S
Python doesn't follow philosophies, people follow philosophies. ;-) ~S -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
