RFC: game_theory: Minor refactoring (#763)

Author: oyamad

quantecon/game_theory/game_converters.py

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def _parse(string):
         players = [
             Player(
                 payoffs2d[i, :].reshape(nums_actions, order='F').transpose(
-                    list(range(i, N)) + list(range(i))
+                    (*range(i, N), *range(i))
                 )
             ) for i in range(N)
         ]
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def _dump(g):
         for i, player in enumerate(g.players):
             payoffs = np.array2string(
                 player.payoff_array.transpose(
-                    list(range(g.N-i, g.N)) + list(range(g.N-i))
+                    (*range(g.N-i, g.N), *range(g.N-i))
                 ).ravel(order='F'))[1:-1]
             s += ' '.join(payoffs.split()) + ' '
 

quantecon/game_theory/logitdyn.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def __init__(self, data, beta=1.0):
 
         for player in self.players:
             payoff_array_rotated = \
-                player.payoff_array.transpose(list(range(1, self.N)) + [0])
+                player.payoff_array.transpose((*range(1, self.N), 0))
             payoff_array_rotated -= \
                 payoff_array_rotated.max(axis=-1)[..., np.newaxis]
             player.logit_choice_cdfs = \

quantecon/game_theory/normal_form_game.py

@@ -640,8 +640,9 @@ def __init__(self, data, dtype=None):
                 )
                 for i, payoff_array in enumerate(payoff_arrays):
                     payoff_array[:] = \
-                        data.take(i, axis=-1).transpose(list(range(i, N)) +
-                                                        list(range(i)))
+                        data.take(i, axis=-1).transpose(
+                            (*range(i, N), *range(i))
+                        )
                 self.players = tuple(
                     Player(payoff_array) for payoff_array in payoff_arrays
                 )
@@ -663,8 +664,7 @@ def payoff_profile_array(self):
             np.empty(self.players[0].payoff_array.shape + (N,), dtype=dtype)
         for i, player in enumerate(self.players):
             payoff_profile_array[..., i] = \
-                player.payoff_array.transpose(list(range(N-i, N)) +
-                                              list(range(N-i)))
+                player.payoff_array.transpose((*range(N-i, N), *range(N-i)))
         return payoff_profile_array
 
     def __repr__(self):