You can make a copy first and empty out the copy

Not an issue.

why not use "!= 0" then?

Becaues strncmp returns 0 when two strings are same And in bool data type 0 is considred as false.
for this reason you have to assign it like this.

What does "best practice" mean here? ;-)

If you don't define it properly then maybe we're talking about Java-like code ;-)

just boolean shortcuts, nothing hard or exceptionnal in there ;)

(edit: much clearer than bitwise operators, for example!)

It can.

That's one interpretation, LOL.

Now my:

1. I don't like magic values (even if here the meaning is quite clear).
2. Now it works for "non-Aimee-lovers" too :) (One can argue with YAGNI here :))

Regards,

suic

Indeed! I laughed when I saw this solution was upvoted in this category :')

Hi, I've tried your code and I was able to repro this issue. I don't have any code in tests which would produce high amount of output to stdout. I don't think that this is a Python issue. Try to check the Github issue list or crate a new issue.

Thanks,

suic

I hear you. What would you suggest, though? A modified duplicate of the input objects?

I don't see any disrespect, I understood your reference and found it humorous :) The fork I refered to was made exactly from that solution :)

Regards,

suic

Hi,

I don't hate PEP8 but I hate PEP8ism :) (i.e. treating PEP8 as a religious text). PEP8 is a useful set of recommendations and I use a lot of them at work. Applying PEP8 too strictly can lead to less readable code and sensless fights between developers.

I'm also not a fan of "bestpracticism" :)

Regards,

suic

P. S. Watch this video :)

No worries, otheriwe it's a nice solution. And without that sum it's easily one-linerizable :) Regards, suic