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Brian Waldon 2011-07-29 13:46:24 -04:00
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@ -116,16 +116,12 @@ Defining Methods
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Method signatures longer than 80 characters are very unreadable. If you Method signatures longer than 80 characters are very unreadable. If you
encounter this problem, first you should determine if your method is encounter this problem, first you should determine if your method is
too big. Otherwise, you should compress your keyword arguments with a too big. If not, you can compress your keyword arguments with a
'**kwargs' parameter. You should use the 'kwargs' in your method as a '**kwargs' parameter. You can then use 'kwargs' in your method as a
dictionary to retrieve the necessary keyword arguments. dictionary to retrieve the necessary keyword arguments. This is just a
guideline, not a requirement.
Example (BAD): Example:
def my_method(argument_one, argument_two, kwarg_one='default_one',
kwarg_two='default_two', kwarg_three='default_three'):
Example (GOOD):
def my_method(argumet_one, argument_two, **kwargs): def my_method(argumet_one, argument_two, **kwargs):
kwarg_one = kwargs.get('kwarg_one', 'default_one') kwarg_one = kwargs.get('kwarg_one', 'default_one')