On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Bert Freudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 24.04.2008, at 18:01, Eben Eliason wrote: > > > >> + mute_item_text = self._model.props.muted and 'Unmute' or > >> 'Mute' > > > > This is a tricky ternary stand-in. Very clever. Is it clear enough > > for others? > > > It's an abuse of Python, IMHO.
Tricky and abusive often go hand in hand, and abuses of languages are often the most interesting, though clearly not the most transparent. =) C, for instance, seems to taunt with all of the glorious hacks it is capable of executing as syntactically correct code. Duff's Device [1], anyone? Of course, usually susceptibility to such temptations result in a clean shot through one's own foot, with a sharp segfault bullet or worse. - Eben [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff's_device _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
