ok, someone has to be the bad guy and show an example of equivalent
code that's more difficult to read:
choice([use_for_float_demo, use_for_integer_demo])()
seriously tho, the bottom line of what people have been telling you is
that for the function (or method) foo():
def foo():
:
there is a distinction between:
foo and foo()
in the former, you have a function object. it's just like any other
Python object, but with one heaping distinction: it's callable --
this means that u can slap on a pair of parentheses after the object
and execute it, which is what i did after calling choice() above to
pick one of the 2 functions, then *calling it* with the trailing "()".
in the latter, you've not only picked out a function object, but have
also executed it as well. that's why when you had choice([a(), b()]),
you see the results/output from a() and b() -- you called both, got
both return values, and asked choice() to pick one of the 2 return
values!! and since you throw away the return value, it didn't matter
which one came back because both had executed.
cheers,
-wesley
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