non-factory functions?
Dale Strickland-Clark
dale at riverhall.NOTHANKS.co.uk
Wed Oct 24 14:55:11 EDT 2001
mike.rudnick at mobilian.com (Mike Rudnick) wrote:
>I'm new to Python but have a good C/C++ background. I'm having
>difficulty finding out what Python "factory" functions are. Are all
>Python functions "factory" functions?
>
>TIA,
> Mike
My understanding is a factory function is one that returns an object.
class spam:
pass
def getspam():
return spam()
That is a very basic example. 'getspam' is a factory function for
'spam' objects.
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Dale Strickland-Clark
Riverhall Systems Ltd
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