> On 2005-05-14, M.E.Farmer wrote: > (x,y,dotp,sumx,maxv) = abc(x,y,dotp,sumx,maxv) > This will only create a tuple in memory that has no name to reference > it by!
Maybe. But it does not seem to hurt. And I am not sure the tupel _is_ really created in that situation. > How would you access the returned value? > If you want a tuple you need to assign all the return vales to a single > name. We do not want the tuple. Python 2.3.5 (#1, Apr 28 2005, 12:14:04) [GCC 3.4.3-20050110 (Gentoo Linux 3.4.3.20050110-r2, ssp-3.4.3.20050110-0, pie- on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> def foo(): >>> ... return 1,2,3 >>> ... >>> (a,b,c)=foo() >>> print a,b,c 1 2 3 >>> works. Of course, you can omit the (): >>> a,b,c=foo() >>> print a,b,c 1 2 3 That makes no difference. Bernd -- Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. [T. Jefferson] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
