PEP 276 Simple Iterator for ints
Paul Rubin
phr-n2001d at nightsong.com
Thu Nov 15 19:14:11 EST 2001
David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> writes:
> - Functional programming e.g. "def factorial(n):
> reduce(multiply,range(1,n+1))" vs "reduce(multiply,[1,2,...n])". A closed
> interval would be more natural.
Well, non-Pythoners already are terrified of how Python uses indentation
instead of curly braces or begin/end to express program structure.
Why not drive them COMPLETELY crazy?
factorial = reduce(multiply[1,2...n]) # closed interval
for i in [0,1,...n): # half-open interval
<wink>, I think ;-)
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