Just to be clear, I was referring to these two lines
greet = compose_greet_func()
greet_someone = greet
On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 11:15:46 AM UTC+8, Max Nathaniel Ho wrote:
> Example 1
>
> def compose_greet_func():
> def get_message():
> return "Hello there!"
>
> return get_message
>
> greet = compose_greet_func()
> print greet()
>
>
> Example 2
>
> def greet(name):
> return "hello "+name
>
> greet_someone = greet
> print greet_someone("John"
>
> In Example 1, the function compoe_greet_func is assigned to the variable
> greet, and () is included at the end of the function.
>
> However, in Example 2, the function greet is assigned to the variable
> greet_someone but () is excluded at the end of the function.
>
> Does the () matter when assigning functions to variables?
>
> Thank you!
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