Top "Syntactic-sugar" questions

Syntactic sugar is a computer science term that refers to syntax within a programming language that is designed to make things easier to read or to express.

AWK: shortened if-then-else with regex

The following AWK format: /REGEX/ {Action} Will execute Action if the current line matches REGEX. Is there a way to …

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Ignore an element while building list in python

I need to build a list from a string in python using the [f(char) for char in string] syntax …

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What is the best or most interesting use of Extension Methods you've seen?

I'm starting to really love extension methods... I was wondering if anyone her has stumbled upon one that really blew …

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Is there a way to implement custom language features in C#?

I've been puzzling about this for a while and I've looked around a bit, unable to find any discussion about …

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Getting the desugared part of a Scala for/comprehension expression?

Does anyone know how to get the (Scala part only) desugared translation of a for/comprehension expression before it actually …

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Is there such thing as a relative jQuery selector?

I have a reference to a jquery object with the this variable. I am looking for a way of applying …

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How to unpack the columns of a pandas DataFrame to multiple variables

Lists or numpy arrays can be unpacked to multiple variables if the dimensions match. For a 3xN array, the following …

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Is there a way to call multiple functions on the same object with one line?

Just trying to tidy up a program and was wondering if anyone could feed me some syntax sugar with regard …

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Evaluate many boolean expressions like Array#join in Ruby

In Ruby, you can use Array#join to simple join together multiple strings with an optional delimiter. [ "a", "b", "c" ].…

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Don't call function if None Value returned

suppose you have a function that can return some object or None: def foobar(arg): if arg == 'foo': return None …

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