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OT Python stuff (was RE: Python in Xconq)
>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Jessen <ejessen@adelphia.net> writes:
Erik>
Erik> Perl has all that as well - I know, because I use them on a regular
Erik> basis. Also, there are a great many modules others have written, to
Erik> enable things like network play (RPC/IPC/IRC/etc.).
Erik>
Erik> But again, I've not seen Python, so it may do all those things in a
Erik> much nicer way.
My running joke is that Python has a very simple syntax while Perl has a
shitload of syntaxes. If you know C, C++, or Java, you won't find very
many syntax surprises in Python. You can write a lot of code without using
any of the Python "odd" constructions.
Even so, you can write such gems as...
dirList = [ [k , v] for (k, v) in tmap.iteritems()]
...which converts a hashmap of tuples into a list of lists or ...
webClientDirs = [os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "cap", "web", "ua", "base", "session"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "cap", "web", "ua", "pca", "appl"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "foundation", "awt", "layout"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "base", "ccpe", "base"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "base", "ccpe", "events"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "base", "ccpe", "model"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "base", "ccpe", "type"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "mw", "gui"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "argle", "mw", "sdp", "jni"),
os.path.join("com", "mycompany", "bargle", "base")
]
fulldirs = map(lambda x: os.path.join(self.config.compileDest, x), webClientDirs)
...which created a list of subdirectories (in a cross-platform fashion) and
then prepends a root directory to each element of the list producing
another list for later processing.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=3882 is written by the guy that
wrote fetchmail. Worth a read.
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