On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor@python.org> wrote: > On 01/10/16 23:08, boB Stepp wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor@python.org> >> wrote: >> >>> ... Personally I don't like functions that >>> sometimes return one and sometimes two results. I'd rather >>> you returned a None first argument in the first case >>> to make it consistent. >> >> Why don't you like doing this? What are the pluses and minuses as you >> see them? > > > Because client code has to guess which return value is relevant
[snip] > So I need to introduce code to determine whether I got > an int or a tuple back and then separate code for each > case. If I know that the result is always an int I can > use the first case if I know its always a tuple I can > use the second. But not knowing which is just plain > messy. So in which sorts of scenarios would you use argument unpacking? -- boB _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
