[Tutor] On a looping input, subsequent inputs are hidden

[Jim Mooney]

I guess that would be hard on Ben Flinkelstein ;') But I guess I could
still have give_cake = True to be more understandable.

Or keep the program the way it is, use   if '' in msg , and sell it to
Guantanamo.

Jim

On 11 June 2013 19:19, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On 12/06/13 03:53, Jim Mooney wrote:
>
>  But I do like the idea of using plain old words, like "bad" as a
>> switch, instead of some inscrutable program-switch ;')
>>
>
>
> I don't. Trust me on this, you will regret it. As the Zen of Python says,
> "Explicit is better than implicit". It may seem like a good idea now, but
> some day you'll write code like this:
>
>
> def reward(msg):
>     print(msg)
>     if 'link' in msg:
>         administer_electric_shock()
>     else:
>         give_cake()
>
>
> def administer_test(username):
>     score = 0
>     for question, answer in list_of_tests:
>         response = input(question)
>         if response == answer:
>             score += 1
>     if score > len(list_of_tests):
>         msg = "Congratulations %s, you have passed!" % username
>     else:
>         msg = "%s, you are the weakest link!" % username
>     reward(msg)
>
>
> Can you see the bug?
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Steven
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-- 
Jim
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