On 2016-02-18 09:00, grsm...@atlanticbb.net wrote:
> Would this be the correct way to return
> a list as a default result.
>
> Also, would the list be the preferable result (to a python
> programmer) ?
>
> def test(command, return_type='LIST'):
> """ Go to database and return data"""
> if return_type == 'LIST':
> result = ['ONE', 'TWO', 'THREE']
> else:
> result = r'0xfeONE\0exfeTWO\0xfeTHREE'
[I presume the "\0exfe" should just be "\0xfe" like the other two]
> return result
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
> print(test('cmd'))
> print(test('cmd', 'LIST'))
> print(test('cmd', None))
> print(test('cmd', 'string'))
The function should return "the most obvious way to do it". In this
case, it appears that you should just always return a list. If you
want to format it in your crazy-other-result format, create a utility
function to do that:
def test(command):
return ['ONE', 'TWO', 'THREE']
def grsmithify(lst):
return ''.join("\0xfe%s" % s for s in lst)
print(test('cmd'))
print(grsmithify(test('cmd')))
-tkc
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