I have a function which queries a number of tables to render business
cards. Depending on an organizations subscription there are five
possible dictionaries to return. Since I always try to have one return
statement in my functions I now have:
def details():
organization=address=telecom=plan=logo=tagline=image=text=cssfile=customcss=plugin=[]
organization=db().select().first()
if organization.planID==1:
....
elif organization.planID==2:
....
elif organization.planID==3:
....
elif organization.planID==4:
....
else:
....
return
dict(organization=organization,address=address,telecom=telecom,plan=plan,
\
logo=logo,tagline=tagline,cssfile=cssfile,customcss=customcss,plugin=plugin)
I wonder what the pros and cons are of having something like:
def details():
organization=address=telecom=plan=logo=tagline=image=text=cssfile=customcss=plugin=[]
organization=db().select().first()
if organization.planID==1:
....
return
dict(organization=organization,address=address,telecom=telecom)
elif organization.planID==2:
....
return
dict(organization=organization,address=address,telecom=telecom,\
logo=logo,tagline=tagline )
elif organization.planID==3:
....
return
dict(organization=organization,address=address,telecom=telecom,\
logo=logo,tagline=tagline,cssfile=cssfile)
elif organization.planID==4:
....
return
dict(organization=organization,address=address,telecom=telecom,\
logo=logo,tagline=tagline,customcss=customcss)
else:
....
return
dict(organization=organization,address=address,telecom=telecom,plan=plan,
\
logo=logo,tagline=tagline,cssfile=cssfile,customcss=customcss,plugin=plugin)
Kind regards,
Annet
