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Subject: Re: Critic my module
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson
<devyncjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> About the aliases, I have tried setting pwd() as an alias for "os.getcwd()",
> but I cannot type "pwd()" and get the desired output. Instead, I must type
> "pwd". I tested this in Guake running Python3.3.
>
>>>> os.getcwd()
> '/home/collier'
>>>> pwd = os.getcwd()
>>>> pwd()

Try:

>>> pwd = os.getcwd

Otherwise you're calling it immediately.

ChrisA