On 14 Dec, 16:22, Bruno Desthuilliers <bdesth.quelquech...@free.quelquepart.fr> wrote: > if you only want the first returned value, you can just apply a slice: > > def f(): > return 1,2,3 > > a = f()[0] + 1
Hmm, true. I'm not sure it's any less ugly, though :-) > FWIW, Python 2.6 has NamedTuple objects... I know, but I want to target 2.5+ (I still have a number of systems running 2.5) > > - have 2 calls, one to return just the position, one to return both. > > This feels awkward, because of the 2 method names to remember. > > You forgot one solution: passing a flag to the function to specify if > you want only the main result or the extra ones as well, and give this > flag the appropriate default value depending on most common use case. True, that's another option. It might work, I'll think about it. > The one that happens to be the most simple for the most common usecase, > while still providing support for more advanced stuff. Exactly. I'll have to think some more about real use cases. > > I suspect my intuition isn't accurate here, as most of the use I've > > made of the library is in writing tests, which isn't typical use :-( > > So perhaps you should start writing some real-life code ? :-) Once I have a library that's functional enough to do so, I may well. Chicken and egg situation, to some extent... And I don't really feel like switching to Lua just to get a feel for how the library gets used! > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Not sure I've been that helpful. Sorry... Any feedback helps. Thanks for taking the time. Paul. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
