C#3.0 and lambdas

[Steve Holden]

Christophe wrote:
> Steve Holden a écrit :
> 
>>Christophe wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Serhiy Storchaka a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>>>Roel Schroeven wrote:
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>
>>>>>or
>>>>>
>>>>>def drawline(p1, p2):
>>>>>   # draw a line from p1[0], p1[1] to p2[0], p2[1]
>>>>>   foo(p1[0], p1[1])
>>>>>   bar(p2[0], p2[1])
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>def drawline(p1, p2):
>>>>    # draw a line from p1 to p2
>>>>    foo(*p1)
>>>>    bar(*p2)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>That one is stupid. I don't see how you can make it work without some 
>>>global storing the p1 information in foo which I would consider as 
>>>very ugly code.
>>
>>
>>In which case perhaps you should actually try the code. Then once you 
>>realise it works you can start to figure out why :-). Hint: f(*p1) 
>>appears as len(p1) separate arguments to the called function.
> 
> 
> You should also notice that foo knows the starting point of the line but 
> not the ending point and so it can't draw the line. On the other hand, 
> bar knows the end point but not the starting point so it can't do the 
> job either.
> 
This is rubbish.

   foo(*p1)

is *exactly* equivalent to

   foo(p1[0], p1[1])

and similarly

   bar(p2)

is *exactly* equivalent to

   bar(p2[0], p2[1])

and consequently the second version of drawline is exactly equivalent to 
the first. So, if the second one is useless then so is the first.

> And what about a function which computes the line length ?

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make here. Can you explain?

regards
  Steve
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