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God I wish there was an easier way to do this in c/programming_horror@programming.dev

[–] SpeakinTelnet@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

It was added in 3.10 and is surprisingly complete. The tutorial pep is a good starting point to see what it can accomplish

God I wish there was an easier way to do this in c/programming_horror@programming.dev

[–] SpeakinTelnet@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

def is_even(n):
    match n:
        case 1:
            return False
        case 0:
            return True
        # fix No1
        case n &lt; 0:
            return is_even(-1*n)
        case _:
            return is_even(n-2)

10 months later bill revisits his spaghetti code. forgets absolutely everything and refuses to elaborate. this wouldn't have happened if Bill forgot to comment on his code in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[–] SpeakinTelnet@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't care how much you think your code is readable, plain text comments are readable by everyone no matter the proficiency in the programming language used. That alone can make a huge difference when you're just trying to understand how someone handled a situation.