Shortcut operators (was Re: [MATRIX-SIG] random number generat or?)

[Zane C. Motteler]

Just a quick response to Perry Stool's example,

self.obj_list[self.obj_offset].count = self.obj_list[self.obj_offst].count + 1

It is only necessary to type something like self.obj_list[self.obj_offset].count
once. Don't we all have a mouse and "copy/paste" capability? There are
ways to obviate all that typing. Also, it is possible in Python to alias
complicated expressions and possibly give them more easily readable
names, e. g.

current_object = self.obj_list[self.obj_offset]

Incidentally, I "moused" all of the above expressions, didn't type them.

Cheers

Zane

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