a memorable mnemonic device.
Pass Arguments Accept Parameters
Darn — the P and A are swapped there. But that’s the paradox with mnemonics — that may help me remember it :-) -CHB
(I don't know. I just made that up. For some reason, the fact that functions have "formal parameters" stuck with me (to me?) from somewhere, and then I can put the pieces together to figure out where the arguments must come from. And you can't unsee it now; sorry.) _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-leave@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/3KR5WA... Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
-- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython