On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Ivan Evstegneev <webmailgro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all , > > > Just a little question about function's default arguments. > > Let's say I have this function: > > def my_fun(history=False, built=False, current=False, topo=None, > full=False, file=None): > if currnet and full: > do something_1 > elif current and file: > do something_2 > elif history and full and file: > do something_3 > > > ...... some code here.............. > > and so on... > > I won't cover all the possibilities here (actually I don't use all of them > ^_^). > > The question is about avoiding the response for unnecessary combinations? > > For instance, if user will call function this way: > > >>>>my_fun(current=True, full=True, topo='some str', file="some_file") > > That will lead to function's misbehavior. As a particular case it will > choose "current and full" condition. > > > What is the common accepted way to deal with such unwanted situations?
Don't try to combine all these into a single function whose behaviour is controlled by a bunch of booleans. Create a separate function instead for each unique intended behavior (possibly sharing a common non-public implementation). -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
