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Re: Does hashlib support a file mode?

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Date Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:15:54 -0400
Subject Re: Does hashlib support a file mode?
From geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com>
To Phlip <phlip2005@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Phlip <phlip2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 6, 11:42 am, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2011.07.06 12:38 PM, Phlip wrote:> Python sucks. m = md5() looks like an initial assignment, not a
>> > special magic storage mode. Principle of least surprise fail, and
>> > principle of most helpful default behavior fail.
>>
>> func() = whatever the function returns
>> func = the function object itself (in Python, everything's an object)
>>
>> Maybe you have Python confused with another language (I don't know what
>> exactly you mean by initial assignment). Typically one does not need
>> more than one name for a function/method. When a function/method is
>> defined, it gets created as a function object and occupies the namespace
>> in which it's defined.
>
> If I call m = md5() twice, I expect two objects.
>
> I am now aware that Python bends the definition of "call" based on
> where the line occurs. Principle of least surprise.

Python doesn't do anything to the definition of call. If you call
hashlib.md5() twice, you get two objects:

>>> import hashlib
>>> m1 = hashlib.md5()
>>> m2 = hashlib.md5()
>>> id(m1)
139724897544712
>>> id(m2)
139724897544880

Geremy Condra

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Re: Does hashlib support a file mode? Phlip <phlip2005@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 12:07 -0700
  Re: Does hashlib support a file mode? geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 15:15 -0400
  Re: Does hashlib support a file mode? Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 14:42 -0500
  Re: Does hashlib support a file mode? Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-07-06 15:43 -0400
    Re: Does hashlib support a file mode? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2011-07-07 14:29 +0300
      Re: Does hashlib support a file mode? Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2011-07-07 13:13 +0100
  Re: Does hashlib support a file mode? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 13:48 -0600
  Re: Does hashlib support a file mode? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-07-06 13:24 -0700

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