Feb 16, 2021 · When to create a nested function inside a function and when to call it from outside? Asked 4 years, 10 months ago Modified 1 year, 5 months ago Viewed 13k times

Jun 15, 2016 · How can I specify the type hint of a variable as a function type? There is no typing.Function, and I could not find anything in the relevant PEP, PEP 483.

202 While I am aware of the duck-typing concept of Python, I sometimes struggle with the type of arguments of functions, or the type of the return value of the function. Now, if I wrote the function …

In python the statement globals()[function_name]() is the same as foo() if function_name = 'foo' for the reasons discussed above, since python must lookup each function before calling it. If one were to …

1 Have a look at SymPy: How to define variables for functions, integrals and polynomials. You can define it according to these two ways: a Python function with def as described above a Python …

I have a Python function which requires a number of parameters, one of which is the type of simulation to perform. For example, the options could be "solar", "view" or "both. What is a Pythonic wa...

Python will allow doing that, but not using standard data types. You can define a class for a polynomial and then define any methods or functions to get the highest power or anything else.

41 Python allows for private class members with the double underscore prefix. This technique doesn't work at a module level so I am thinking this is a mistake in Dive Into Python. Here is an example of …

In Python, variables that are only referenced inside a function are implicitly global. If a variable is assigned a value anywhere within the function’s body, it’s assumed to be local unless explicitly …

Apr 7, 2017 · Python doesn't know that you are calling the function with the proper types, and expects the programmer to take care of that. If your function will be called with different types of parameters, …