From: chadm at sgi.com (Chad McDaniel)
Date: 26 Apr 1999 11:27:11 -0700
Subject: converting perl to python - simple questions.
References: <7fvagp$8lm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <aahzFAr5Dt.MLF@netcom.com>
Message-ID: <x1ju2u3xmo0.fsf@unhinged.engr.sgi.com>
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aahz at netcom.com (Aahz Maruch) writes:

> In article <7fvagp$8lm$1 at nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>  <sweeting at neuronet.com.my> wrote:
> >
> >a) Perl's "defined".
> >   [perl]
> >   if (defined($x{$token})
> >
> >   [python]
> >   if (x.has_key(token) and x[token]!=None) :
> 
> That looks correct.  Thankfully Python does have short-circuit
> evaluation.  Note that if you normally expect x[token] to have a value,
> you might restructure the code a bit to use try/except.
> 

wouldn't x.get() work more elegantly:
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if (x.get(token)) :
  [do stuff]
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-chad