On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Dave Angel <da...@davea.name> wrote: > On 04/06/2015 12:43 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > >> >> I was breaking down longer functions into smaller ones. Along the way >> I noticed I was passing an entire dictionary from one function to >> another. I only needed to pass one particular value, not the whole >> dictionary, so that is how I got into the issue I asked about. > > > Just to reinforce something you probably know well, passing a dictionary > takes no more memory or time than passing an item from that dictionary...
One thing about Python that I must keep reminding myself is that its identifiers store references to objects, not the actual objects themselves. > ... The > real choice is whether the called function should dealing with a single item > or with a dictionary. It would have a different name in each case, and a > different set of reuse possibilities. In my actual code, I am trying to take advantage of these ideas. boB _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
