Re: Configuring an object via a dictionary

Op 19/03/2024 om 0:44 schreef Gilmeh Serda via Python-list:

On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:09:27 +1300, dn wrote:
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YMMV!
NB your corporate Style Guide may prefer 'the happy path'...

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If you only want to check for None, this works too:
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name = None
dafault_value = "default"
name or default_value

'default'

name = 'Fred Flintstone'
name or default_value

'Fred Flintstone'

 >>> name = ''
 >>> name or default_value
'default'
 >>> name = False
 >>> name or default_value
'default'
 >>> name = []
 >>> name or default_value
'default'
 >>> name = 0
 >>> name or default_value
'default'
You haven't only checked for None! You have rejected *every* falsish value, even though they may very well be acceptable values.
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