[Tutor] non-typed variables AND naming conventions

[Stephan Richter]

>most of my work has not needed a variable to be loosely typed, it is just a
>flexibility gain.

Well, here an example that Zope uses (code untested):

When I call a function I have a optional parameter that can be a lsit of 
strings or if I just have one element a single string. In this case it 
would like this:

def getValues(keys=[]):
     dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c':3}

     if type(keys).__name__ == 'string':
          return (dict[keys],)
     else:
          help = ()
          for key in keys:
                help = help + (dict[key],)

           return help

Both times the function will return a tuple. so the function really does 
not care whether keys ends up being a string or a list.

Regards,
Stephan


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Stephan Richter
CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student
Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management