Python #ifdef

[Carlos Nepomuceno]

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> From: invalid at invalid.invalid
> Subject: Re: Python #ifdef
> Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 20:42:34 +0000
> To: python-list at python.org
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> Here's the important lesson from this thread:
>
> Instead of asking "how do I write X in Python" where yoy've assumed X
> is the solution to your problem, you're usually better off asking how
> to solve the underlying problem in a Pythonic way.
>
> IOW, instead of asking about a Python preprocessor (which you have
> assumed is the solution to the problem because that's how you would do
> it in C), ask about the actual problem (how to define a function
> differently depending on Python version).
>
> People on this list are very inventive and will expend a surprising
> amount of time to figure out often too-clever ways to do X because you
> asked how to do X -- even if doing X is a lousy way to solve your
> actual problem...
>
> When asking how do I solve a problem, it's OK to illustrate that
> question with an example X of how you would solve it in C or Java or
> Ruby or Perl or whatever, but remember
>
> 1) Not everybody here knows C or Java or Ruby or Perl or whatever,
> and the person who _does_ know everyting there is to know about
> solving some particular underlying problem isn't going to go
> learn a new language so that they can understand your example and
> figure out what you're trying to accomplish.
>
> 2) Programming languages differ. X may be the best way to solve the
> problem in one language, but it might be an awful way to do it in
> another language.
>
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You're right! Sometimes I hate myself for doing exactly the opposite of what I would like to do!

Unfortunately I can't change the thread subject.

How do you have "invalid at invalid.invalid" instead of your email address?