context aware execution

[Wayne Werner]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Chris Angelico wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Bart Thate <feedbackflow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I want in a function or method determine the context of my caller and adapt
>> the functionality accordingly.
>
> First off, please don't! Your code will be *extremely* confusing.
>
> Usually, the best way to adapt to your caller's environment is to be
> passed a parameter that specifies the change.

Or assume that the caller is smart enough to determine which one of the 
functions to call, and provide them, with good names.

-W