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>> I would consider the R code to be slightly easier to read (notice how many quotes and brackets the Python code needs) Oh god no, do people write R like that
by robot-wrangler 11mo ago
>> I would consider the R code to be slightly easier to read (notice how many quotes and brackets the Python code needs)
Oh god no, do people write R like that, pipes at the end? Elixir style pipe-operators at the beginning is the way.
And if you really wanted to "improve" readability by confusing arguments/functions/vars just to omit quotes, python can do that, you'll just need a wrapper object and getattr hacks to get from `my_magic_strings.foo` -> `'foo'`. As for the brackets.. ok that's a legitimate improvement, but again not language related, it's library API design for function sigs.
- rtaylorgarlock 11mo agoUpvoted for pipes at the beginning
- medstrom 11mo agoIIRC, putting pipe operator `|>` at end of line prevents the expression from terminating early. Otherwise the newline would terminate it.
- tmtvl 11mo agoThe right way is putting the pipe operator at the beginning of the expression. (-> (gather-some-data) (map 'Vector #'some-functor) (filter #'some-predicate) (reduce #'some-gatherer)) Or for those who have an irrational fear of brackets: -> gather-some-data map 'Vector #'some-functor filter #'some-predicate reduce #'some-gatherer