Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'result,': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:extra': 0.09; 'attribute?': 0.16; 'called.': 0.16; 'igor': 0.16; 'looping': 0.16; 'once.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:variable': 0.16; 'tuple.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'input': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'query': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'function': 0.29; 'dec': 0.30; 'there': 0.35; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'subject:" ': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'called': 0.40; 'subject:Fwd': 0.61; 'save': 0.62; 'results': 0.69; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dave Angel Subject: Re: Fwd: Eliminate "extra" variable Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:36:30 -0500 References: <52A25D94.9040404@islandtraining.com> <20131208125823.241112db@bigbox.christie.dr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dpc6744208068.direcpc.com In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Groundhog Newsreader for Android X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 11 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1386542137 news.xs4all.nl 2833 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34655 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:61331 On Sun, 8 Dec 2013 12:58:18 -0800, Igor Korot wrote: > It's input is the query result, so there is no looping when the > function is called. It is called only once. Then why save part of the result in an instance attribute? Just return all of the results as a tuple. -- DaveA