"Che M" <pine...@hotmail.com> wrote
Let's say you have a sequence of two calculations ...each one
done as a function called by an overall calculate_something() function.
The "answer" to each function is then used in the next function.
I can think of two ways to make that answer available ...
1) pass it in, or
2) declare it as self.answer
The first is the best solution in the general case however,
1) if your functions are methods of a class AND
2) you can use the intermediate result for something useful
elsewhere in the class
then you could use the second method.
Otherwise the second merthod is just a variation in storing the
result in a global variable wjhich is generally considered a bad
design style.
In general keep data as close to its point of use as possible.
HTH,
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Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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