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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python |
| Date | Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:22:38 +0000 (UTC) |
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On 2014-10-25, Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> It may be rare to use an expression both for its side-effects and its
> return value,
It's actually quite common.
For example:
f = open("filename")
d = f.readline()
In both of those lines, the side effects and return values are equally
vital. The same applies to reading from a queue, popping from a
stack, etc.
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Status of side-effecting functions in python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-25 10:27 -0700
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> - 2014-10-25 23:41 +0200
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-10-25 22:22 +0000
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-25 18:53 -0400
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-10-26 00:45 -0700
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-10-26 13:41 +0000
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-10-26 07:53 -0700
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-10-26 09:26 -0700
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-26 18:50 +0200
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-10-26 17:56 -0400
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-10-27 22:30 +1100
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-27 22:44 +1100
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-10-27 09:28 -0400
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-27 14:45 +0000
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-27 17:14 +0200
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-10-28 03:52 +0000
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-28 11:07 +0200
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-28 11:10 +0200
.write() behavior Alan Bawden <alan@scooby-doo.csail.mit.edu> - 2014-10-29 01:06 -0400
Re: .write() behavior Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-10-29 08:00 +0200
Re: .write() behavior Alan Bawden <alan@scooby-doo.csail.mit.edu> - 2014-10-31 16:32 -0400
Re: Status of side-effecting functions in python Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-10-27 14:22 +0000
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