On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:42:24 -0500 Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: > 2011/11/22 Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net>: > > 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. > > I don't see how it's more magic than hardcoding 4, 6, and 10. Don't > you have to mentally check that those are correct?
I don't know. Perhaps I'm saying that because I *have* already done the mental check :) 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
