On 16/09/21 2:56 pm, Mostowski Collapse wrote:
I can access the functor of a compound via:obj.functor but when I flatten Compound into arrays, it would become: obj[0] Should I declare a constant FUNCTOR = 0?
You could, but keep in mind that access to a global in Python is somewhat expensive, since it requires a dictionary lookup. There's always a tradeoff between clarity and efficiency. In this case, I think obj[0] is clear enough -- the reader will be well aware that the first item of a term is the functor. Especially if you use a name that makes it clear what kind of object it is, rather than a generic name such as "obj". -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
