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On 07/11/2013 18:38, Nathaniel Sokoll-Ward wrote:
>>
>> My answer: "Defines a function which returns None", but that isn't one
>> of the choices.
>
> Roy, thanks for your note. When I run this code, the function just gets defined and nothing happens. None isn't returned. Do you recall why you found the options available to you unsuitable?
>

 >>> def a(b, c, d): pass
...
 >>> x=a(1,2,3);type(x)
<class 'NoneType'>

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Mark Lawrence