On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 7:47:20 PM UTC-6, Ned Batchelder wrote: [...] > Here are details filled in: > > $ python3.6 > Python 3.6.3 (default, Oct 4 2017, 06:03:25) > [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.37)] on darwin > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> def do_the_thing(seq, n): > ... item = seq[n:n+1] > ... if item: > ... print(f"process({item})") > ... else: > ... print("do_without_item()") > ... > >>> do_the_thing([1, 2, 3], 2) > process([3]) > >>> do_the_thing([1, 2, 3], 5) > do_without_item() > >>>
Thanks for filling in the blanks. However, my objection to this else-clause stems from a perspective based in pragmatics. Specifically, i see no benefit here in logging the "non-action". Sure, perhaps logging a non-action may serve a useful purpose during debugging sessions, but i find them to be nothing but useless noise in production code. Do you agree or disagree with my assessment? If you disagree, please explain why. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list