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RE: The do's and don'ts of programming - phyrrus9 - 08-28-2016
(08-28-2016, 04:03 AM)God Wrote:(08-28-2016, 03:05 AM)phyrrus9 Wrote:(08-27-2016, 06:12 PM)God Wrote: Could you give a python example with this. I haven't used python in a while and I just want to make sure I'm understanding what you mean. Thanks.
Code:#!/usr/bin/python integer_variable = 5 integer_variable2 = 3 integer_result = 0 #assigned during addition routine ###################### #addition routine ###################### integer_result = integer_variable + integer_variable2
vs defining variables on the fly
Code:#!/usr/bin/python integer_variable = 5 integer_variable2 = 3 ###################### #addition routine ###################### integer_result = integer_variable + integer_variable2 #integer_result isn't defined until the addition routine, considered bad practice by many, and will leave you open to debugging issues
Thank you for clarifying. I'm pretty sure I'm guilty of this as I started with Python and I for one thought not needing to initialize variables was part of the convenience of the language.
It is a "convenience", and such a thing is why Python is considered a "quick and dirty" language. The quick part is because it has a lot of interfaces that you can work with and is mostly code generation, and the dirty is because it allows you to keep bad habits and still use it.