Netstat Speed

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 20:13:01 +0200, Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE at YOURthirdtower.com.imagination> wrote:
> Jorgen Grahn enlightened us with:
>>| def ip_is_active(addr):
>>|      """Return success if 'addr' shows up in the output from 'netstat -an'.
>>|      We assume that a suitable version of netstat exists.
>>|      """
>
> If I have an "if" in the docstring, I always write the "else" case as
> well:
>
> """Returns True if 'addr' shows up in the output from 'netstat -an',
> and False otherwise. We assume that a suitable version of netstat
> exists.
> """
>
> This makes it clear what happens in either case.

Tastes differ. I think it's clear enough without the "else". Note that I
changed the name of the function too, to make it read like a test (or rather
an assertion): "if not ip_is_active('127.0.0.1')".

/Jorgen

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