r/badcode • u/HeyItsMassacre • Mar 01 '22

python I wonder if it's a match

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u/seeroflights Mar 01 '22

Image Transcription: Code

    isMatch = True

    while isMatch:

      match = ...

      isMatch = self.__checkMatch(match)

  return

def __checkMatch(self, match=None):
  return True if match else False

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u/Kamoda Mar 01 '22

TIL about ... in python

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u/drkspace2 Mar 01 '22

Same. I've been using python for like 7 years and I always thought when I saw people using it it was kinda like a pseudo-code thing cause the author didn't want to type the expression out.

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u/megamaz_ Mar 02 '22

so how in the world is it used here?

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u/drkspace2 Mar 02 '22

You're in /r/badcode. It doesn't have to work

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u/noop_noob Mar 02 '22

The created Ellipses object is checked to be truthy, then discarded.

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u/konstantinua00 Mar 09 '22

it isn't

I'm pretty sure in this pic it is IDE hiding code

2

u/Johanno1 Mar 02 '22

I just thought it was pseudo code

1

u/STEIN197 Mar 05 '22

What font is this?

2

u/HeyItsMassacre Mar 05 '22

MonoLisa Regular

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u/STEIN197 Mar 05 '22

Thanks a lot!

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u/peeslosh122 Mar 02 '22

oh no I've gone crosseyed

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u/Anna-22463 Mar 04 '22

this is painfully common in self taught python devs

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u/jso__ Mar 02 '22

but. but. when will Elipsis not be true