Intermediate Python user needed help

[Tim Chase]

On 08/05/12 16:32, Roy Smith wrote:
>  Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
>> You either mean something like "start_point" (with an underscore
>> instead of a minus), or you're performing a subtraction of "start
>> minus point", in which case you'd have to assign those values before
>> you use them.
> 
> Or he meant to pass an optional parameter:
> 
>     beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start=point)
> 
> or an element access:
> 
>     beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start.point)

Or pass a boolean

  beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start>point)

Or subscript with an also-missing close-bracket

  beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start[point])

Or call a function with an also-missing close-paren

  beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start(point))

Or it was just a finger-flub

  beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(startpoint)

:-)

-tkc