[Python-Dev] cpython: Remove some extraneous parentheses and swap the comparison order to
Steven D'Aprano
steve at pearwood.info
Wed Jun 8 13:04:48 CEST 2011
Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 6/7/2011 5:35 PM, David Malcolm wrote:
>
>> I know that this style is unpopular, but if it helps, try mentally
>> pronouncing "==" in C as "is the value of".
>>
>> In this example, when I read that line, my mind is thinking:
>>
>> "if 'u' is the value of typecode"
>>
>> After ~12 years of doing this, it comes naturally. I appreciate that
>> this may come across as weird though :)
>
> Whereas I read it as 'has the value' (or just 'is' ;=).
Am I the only one who reads == as "equals"?
--
Steven
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