On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 6, 11:42 am, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2011.07.06 12:38 PM, Phlip wrote:> Python sucks. m = md5() looks like an >> initial assignment, not a >> > special magic storage mode. Principle of least surprise fail, and >> > principle of most helpful default behavior fail. >> >> func() = whatever the function returns >> func = the function object itself (in Python, everything's an object) >> >> Maybe you have Python confused with another language (I don't know what >> exactly you mean by initial assignment). Typically one does not need >> more than one name for a function/method. When a function/method is >> defined, it gets created as a function object and occupies the namespace >> in which it's defined. > > If I call m = md5() twice, I expect two objects. > > I am now aware that Python bends the definition of "call" based on > where the line occurs. Principle of least surprise.
Python doesn't do anything to the definition of call. If you call hashlib.md5() twice, you get two objects: >>> import hashlib >>> m1 = hashlib.md5() >>> m2 = hashlib.md5() >>> id(m1) 139724897544712 >>> id(m2) 139724897544880 Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
