On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:33:17 +0100, Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Sybren Stuvel wrote: > >> def somefunc(x): return x*5 >> >> How is that a multi-line function definition? > > but that's namespace pollution! if you do this, nobody will never ever be > able to use the name somefunc again! won't somebody please think about > the children!
All joking aside, when I have names (temporary variables or scaffolding functions) that I need to initialise a module or data structure, but then outlive their usefulness, I del the name afterwards. Am I the only one? I can't say I've seen anyone else doing that, and it feels icky to me (for no reason I can put my finger on) -- what do others think? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
