On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:42:35 -0500 Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: > 2011/11/22 Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net>: > > On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:29:43 +0100 > > benjamin.peterson <python-check...@python.org> wrote: > >> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/77ab830930ae > >> changeset: 73697:77ab830930ae > >> user: Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> > >> date: Tue Nov 22 15:29:32 2011 -0500 > >> summary: > >> fix compiler warning by implementing this more cleverly > > > > You mean "more obscurely"? > > Obfuscating the original intent in order to disable a compiler warning > > doesn't seem very wise to me. > > Well, I think it makes sense that the kind tells you how many bytes are in it.
Yes, but "kind * 2 + 2" looks like a magical formula, while the explicit switch let you check mentally that each estimate was indeed correct. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
