[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks. In that case, would it be easier to understand(beside the
> original iterative loop) if I use reduce and lambda ?
>
You could try putting them side by side and seeing which is easiest for
someone to understand:
reduce(lambda (mv,mx), (v,x): mv > v and (mv,mx) or (v,x), ((f(x), x) for x
in mylist)))
max((f(x),i,x) for i,x in enumerate(mylist))[2]
max_x, max_f = mylist[0], f(mylist[0])
for x in mylist[1:]:
new_f = f(x)
if new_f > max_f:
max_x, max_f = x, new_f
IMO, the last is clearest (but needs a list rather than an iterator), the
middle is most concise and not too hard to understand and the first is a
complete mess. YMMV.
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