On Oct 26, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Branko Cibej wrote:
> Blair Zajac wrote:
>>
>>> # Log the elapsed time.
>>> - elapsed_time = time.strftime('%H:%M:%S',
>>> - time.gmtime(time.time() - start_time))
>>> + elapsed_time = str(datetime.now() - start_time)
>>>
>>
>> You don't need to put the value in str() since you're going to pass
>> it
>> to the % operator below for a %s interpolation, which calls str() on
>> it already.
>>
>
> No, he doesn't need to. But there shouldn't be any discernible
> difference between calling str() here explicitly, and letting the
> formatter do that later, implicitly. This way it's at least clear
> what's
> going on. I do remember reading somewhere that "explicit is better
> than
> implicit." :)
It is a tiny bit wasteful, since there will be another str() called on
elapsed_time. Also, it's an integer value and maybe later you want to
add those elapsed times (I'm just making this up), so it's possible
you'll remove the str() later.
Do you always convert something to a string if you the only thing
you're going to do is print it?
Also, I don't think this is clearer, keeping an int and printing it is
pretty clear :)
Blair
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Received on 2009-10-27 05:06:39 CET