A question about readability

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

----- Original Message -----
> On Dec 7, 6:46 pm, Marco <name.surn... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all, do you think this code:
> >
> > $ more myscript.py
> > for line in open('data.txt'):
> >      result = sum(int(data) for data in line.split(';'))
> >      print(result)
> >
> > that sums the elements of the lines of this file:
> >
> > $ more data.txt
> > 30;44;99;88
> > 11;17;16;50
> > 33;91;77;15
> > $ python3.3 myscript.py
> > 261
> > 94
> > 216
> >
> > is explicit enough? Do you prefer a clearer solution?
> > Thanks in advance, Marco
> > --
> > Marco
> 
> Interpreting your question as a general question of stylistics, my
> experience is that a 3 line script often becomes a 10 line or a 50
> line script at which point the direct printing will have to be
> modified to create an internal data structure.
> 
> So on the whole I find it expedient to start with that assumption and
> write it as:
> 
> def linesums(file):
>   return [sum(int(i) for i in l.split(';')) for l in open(file, 'r')]

Why change the OP's namings ? 'data' and 'line' were more suitable than 'i' and 'l'. Of course we're nitpicking, no one will get hurt.

JM


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