In message <pan.2009.04.30.00.29...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au>, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> The reason why Lawrence's insistence is so badly wrong becomes more > apparent if you look at what you can do with boolean contexts other than > simple `if` tests. Compare: > > > for x in a or b or c: > do_something_with(x) > > > versus: > > > if len(a) > 0: > temp = a > elif len(b) > 0: > temp = b > elif len(c) > 0: > temp = c > for x in temp: > do_something_with(x) I have never written anything so unbelievable in my life. And I hope I never will. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
