I guess that would be hard on Ben Flinkelstein ;') But I guess I could still have give_cake = True to be more understandable.
Or keep the program the way it is, use if '' in msg , and sell it to Guantanamo. Jim On 11 June 2013 19:19, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On 12/06/13 03:53, Jim Mooney wrote: > > But I do like the idea of using plain old words, like "bad" as a >> switch, instead of some inscrutable program-switch ;') >> > > > I don't. Trust me on this, you will regret it. As the Zen of Python says, > "Explicit is better than implicit". It may seem like a good idea now, but > some day you'll write code like this: > > > def reward(msg): > print(msg) > if 'link' in msg: > administer_electric_shock() > else: > give_cake() > > > def administer_test(username): > score = 0 > for question, answer in list_of_tests: > response = input(question) > if response == answer: > score += 1 > if score > len(list_of_tests): > msg = "Congratulations %s, you have passed!" % username > else: > msg = "%s, you are the weakest link!" % username > reward(msg) > > > Can you see the bug? > > > > > > -- > Steven > ______________________________**_________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/tutor<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> > -- Jim Today is the day that would have been tomorrow if yesterday was today
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