I also was thinking thinking of using a dictionary, for pretty much the same reasons.
+1 Vern Anna Ravenscroft wrote: > > > On 3/8/06, *w chun* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > def switch(choice, functions = [cf0, cf1, cf2, cf3]) > > > should we really be showing folks using a mutable object as a default > argument? ;-) > > i'd suggest: (1) changing it to a tuple, or (2) None and figure it out > after that. > > > I prefer dicts for this sort of thing. That way "choice" could be > something meaningful. For example, I recently wrote a python script > showing how different sorting algorithms work (for my discrete math > class). I have a dict of algorithms, something like (I'm typing from > memory before my first cup of coffee - go gentle on me): > > algs = {'quick':quicksort, 'merge':mergesort, "insert": insertionsort} > choice = "quick" # however we get the choice..eg from the command line. > if choice in algs: > choice(datatosort) > ... > > I really like not having to remember order. This way, I get the right > function easily. And I can print out the list of keys to remind me which > functions are available. > > Anna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
