if expression source format

Duncan Booth duncan.booth at invalid.invalid
Thu Dec 11 03:11:02 EST 2008


"Lambert, David W (S&T)" <LambertDW at Corning.com> wrote:

> 
> The "if" expression leads to long statements.  Please offer suggestions
> to beautify this function.  For this example use maximum line length
> marked by the ####'s.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> ##############################################################
> def compute_wind_chill_temperture(T:'Temperature, dF',s:'Wind speed,
> mph')->'dF':
>     '''
>         <http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/iln/tables.htm#heat index>
>     '''
>     return 35.74 + 0.6215*T + s**0.16*(T*0.4275-35.75) if T < 40 else T

If the expression is too long for your liking then just don't use the an if 
expression:

if T < 40:
   return whatever
else:
   return T

is probably easier to read.



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