Too Many if Statements?

[bruno at modulix]

slogging_away wrote:
> Hi - I'm running Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310
> 32 bit (Intel)] on win32, and have a script that makes numerous checks
> on text files, (configuration files), so discrepancies can be reported.
>  The script works fine but it appears that I may have hit a wall with
> 'if' statements.
> 
> Due to the number of checks perfromed by the script on the text files,
> (over 500), there are quite a few 'if' statements in the script, (over
> 1150).  It seems that it is at the point that when I add any additional
> 'if' statements the script will not run.  No error is produced - it
> just returns to the python prompt much the same as when a successful
> 'Check Module' command is selected.  If I delete some other 'if'
> statements the new ones work so it appears that it has hit a limit on
> the number of 'if' statements.  This has stunted any further checks for
> the script to make on the text files.
> 
> Hs anyone ever run into this sort of thing?
> 

Nope - but I never saw any code block with 1150+ tests in it neither :-/

Smells like a design problem anyway. Have you considered refactoring
your code ?


-- 
bruno desthuilliers
python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for
p in 'onurb at xiludom.gro'.split('@')])"