In article <mailman.2085.1265546107.28905.python-l...@python.org>, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: >bartc wrote: >> "Arnaud Delobelle" <arno...@googlemail.com> wrote in message >> news:m28wb6ypfs....@googlemail.com... >>> "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> writes: >>>> >>>> Note the *literal* part. If you (the programmer) is likely to know the >>>> parameter value when writing the code, then the function is actually two >>>> separate functions. >>> >>> Thanks, I understand what Steve Holden meant now. >> >> I've just noticed that 'literal' part. But I think I still disagree. >> >> For a real-world example, it means instead of having a room with a >> light-switch in it, if I *know* I want the light on or off, I should >> have two rooms: one with the light permanently on, and one with it >> permanently off, and just walk into the right one. > >Congratulations. That has to be the most bogus analogy I've seen on >c.l.py this year.
Aww, c'mon, it's less than two months into the year, don't be so hyperbolic. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "At Resolver we've found it useful to short-circuit any doubt and just refer to comments in code as 'lies'. :-)" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
