On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:44:27 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: > In article <5320e8c9$0$29994$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, > Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> Because Python doesn't have true procedures > > What do you mean by "true procedure"? Are you just talking about > subroutines that don't return any value, i.e. fortran's SUBROUTINE vs. > FUNCTION?
Yes. If somebody wants to argue that the word "procedure" can mean something else in other contexts, I won't argue, I'll just point out that in the context of my post I had just mentioned Pascal procedures, which don't return a value. -- Steven D'Aprano http://import-that.dreamwidth.org/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
