On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:32:10 AM UTC+1, Nathann Cohen wrote: > > Yes, but it duplicates the code horribly. Because orthogonal_array is a > long sequence of tests and answers >
Thats another red flag. If it doesn't fit on a screen break it up into separate function. > Besides, this is pretty clear : > sage: designs.orthogonal_array(4,3,existence=True) > True > Its terrible. Misleading function name (doesn't return an array), not discoverable. The fact that it also hard to cache is a direct corollary of attempting to overload by return type. Don't do it. Just because you can (in Python) doesn't mean that its a good idea. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
