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ten small Python programs
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 09:48:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Howell <showel...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: ten small Python programs
To: Wildemar Wildenburger <wilde...@freakmail.de>,
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--- Wildemar Wildenburger <wilde...@freakmail.de>
wrote:
> Steve Howell wrote:
> > # def defines a method in Python
> > def say_hello(name):
> > print 'hello', name
> > say_hello('Jack')
> > say_hello('Jill')
> >
> Doesn't def define methods *xor* functions,
> depending on the context?
> And in this example, say_hello (*yuck*, underscores
> ...) is certainly a
> function. Or is it that functions are considered
> "module-methods"?
>
Goodness, I didn't expect such a simple example to be
so controversial. But please see the new version
here:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/SimplePrograms
I changed the method name to "greet" and removed the
comment, as hopefully the intent of the program will
be pretty obvious to anyone that reads it.
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