PEP 285: Adding a bool type

[Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters]

ralph at inputplus.demon.co.uk (Ralph Corderoy) wrote previously:
|To calculate the major sort key you might do
|    major = can_be_moved(o) + can_be_sized(o) + can_be_stacked(o) +
|        can_be_coloured(o) + can_be_hidden(o)
|as opposed to
|    major = 0
|    if can_be_moved(o):
|        major += 1
|    if can_be_sized(o):
         [...]

Of course, I'm sure I'll be justly condmened for preferring:

    fs = (can_be_moved, can_be_sized, can_be_stacked,
          can_be_coloured, can_be_hidden)
    major = len([1 for f in fs if f(o)]))

to either :-).

Yours, Lulu...


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