ten small Python programs

[Steve Howell]

--- Wildemar Wildenburger <wildemar at freakmail.de>
wrote:

> Steve Howell wrote:
> >     # def defines a method in Python
> >     def say_hello(name):
> >         print 'hello', name
> >     say_hello('Jack')
> >     say_hello('Jill')
> >   
> Doesn't def define methods *xor* functions,
> depending on the context? 
> And in this example, say_hello (*yuck*, underscores
> ...) is certainly a 
> function. Or is it that functions are considered
> "module-methods"?
> 

Goodness, I didn't expect such a simple example to be
so controversial.  But please see the new version
here:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/SimplePrograms

I changed the method name to "greet" and removed the
comment, as hopefully the intent of the program will
be pretty obvious to anyone that reads it.




       
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