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> From: diliup gabadamudalige <dili...@gmail.com>
>To: Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com>
>Sent: Friday, 13 June 2014, 9:32
>Subject: Re: [Tutor] global variables/constants versus volatile
>variables/constants
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>thanks Alan!
>
>in the program that i am writing i used a class called variables and declare
>all variables i use in the program in the def __init__ section.
>so all variables which otherwise would have to be declared as global so that
>they can be modified by other functions are in a class.
>Is this ok?
>The strings, lists and dictionaries which are not read only are used as locals
>in functions and classes.
>If there is a string, list or dict. which is used in several functions is it
>better to use a global or several locals?
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>On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote:
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>On 13/06/14 08:21, diliup gabadamudalige wrote:
>>
>>
>>In my code there are many dictionaries and lists which are used in
>>>various functions. Is it better/pythonic/efficient to have these inside
>>>the function itself or declared at the beginning of the program in which
>>>case they will be global?
>>>
>>
If you are sharing a set of data structures between several functions thats
often a sign they should be in a class. The data then becomes the class
instance attributes and the functions become the methods.
>>
>>
>>
>>global constants and variable have memory allocated to them but when
>>>declared inside a function are created on the fly, used and discarded.
>>>
>>
That's not usually the main issue when deciding for global/local.
>>Its more about the maintainability of the code and the over
>>use of side effects which makes the code difficult to read.
>>If the data is read only then things are not so bad and globals
>>can be an OK solution.
>>
>>hth
>>--
>>Alan G
>>Author of the Learn to Program web site
>>http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos
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