[SciPy-user] What can be improved ?

[Stephen Waterbury]

fred wrote:
> Gael Varoquaux a écrit :
>> Hello Stef,
>>
>>   
>> I prefer this construction:
>>     for i, val in enumerate(vals):
>> 	if val == '':
>> 	    vals[i] = '0'
>>   
> My very 2 cents:
> 
>   if val == '':
> is equivalent to
>   if not val:
> 
> (string and list empty equal False)

... which leads to a more efficient form, using a list
comprehension:

vals = [v or '0' for v in vals]

Steve