>>> class MyClass(): pass
>>> class MyClass: pass
>>> def my_func(): pass
>>> def my_func: pass
File "<stdin>", line 1
def my_func:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
If only more of us grew up watching sesame street.
On Friday, February 1, 2013, Jason Keene wrote:
Both class and function definitions produce callable objects that are assigned to a name with nearly identical syntax. I don't think your analogy with import/break statements is valid. Additionally, both definitions produce very similar byte codes:
3 MAKE_FUNCTION 0
6 STORE_FAST 0 (my_func)
9 MAKE_FUNCTION 0
12 CALL_FUNCTION 0
15 BUILD_CLASS
16 STORE_FAST 0 (MyClass)
The only argument I see for requiring empty parens in function definitions is a historical one.
On Thursday, January 31, 2013, Ben Finney wrote:
Jason Keene <jasonkeene@gmail.com> writes:
> In a way they do the same thing, they both create an object
> (function/class) from a suite and assign it to the name given after the
> keyword (def/class). Sure they do totally different things with the suite
> in creating the object, but in essence it's a name assignment.
In a way, ‘import’ and ‘break’ do the same thing, they trigger the
compiler to compile a particular set of code bytes. Sure the code bytes
do totally different things, but in essence it's a statement.
Less facetiously: You can blur your vision as much as you like to make
‘class’ and ‘def’ look similar, but that doesn't diminish the importance
of the distinctions you're ignoring.
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