On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > If the function is being called as if it were a procedure or command, that > is the return result is just ignored, I want to return one thing. But if it > is being called where the return result goes somewhere, I want to return > something else. Most importantly, I don't want to pass a flag to the > function myself, I want the function to know its own context.
The first thing that comes to mind is a repr hack. If you make your function return an int-like object with a different repr, it could look like it's returning "Awesome" interactively. The usefulness of that depends on what the two forms are you're trying to return, though. Advantage: Doesn't get Ben's cabbage. I think. Disadvantage: Looks weird if you try to debug stuff and get the repr staring back at you. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
