[Tutor] Is there a test for hashability?

[Richard D. Moores]

Ah. I'll follow you with that.

Thanks,

Dick

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 15:42, Chris Fuller
<cfuller084 at thinkingplanet.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 01 September 2011, Richard D. Moores wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 12:29, Chris Fuller
>>
>> <cfuller084 at thinkingplanet.net> wrote:
>> > *Ahem*
>> >
>> > def is_hashable(object):
>> >   try:
>> >        hash(object)
>> >    except TypeError:
>> >        return False
>> >
>> >    return True
>>
>> Why is that preferred to
>>
>> def is_hashable(object):
>>     try:
>>         hash(object)
>>         return True
>>     except TypeError:
>>         return False
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Dick
>
> It's a style issue, really.  Either would be fine, but I don't like mixing
> code-flow disrupting actions when it's easily avoided.
>
> Cheers
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