avoid the redefinition of a function

[Ramchandra Apte]

On Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:26:36 UTC+5:30, Jabba Laci  wrote:
> Hi,
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> I have an installer script that contains lots of little functions. It
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> has an interactive menu and the corresponding function is called. Over
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> time it grew long and when I want to add a new function, I should give
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> a unique name to that function. However, Python allows the
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> redefinition of functions:
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> #!/usr/bin/env python
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> def step_1():
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>     print 1
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> def step_1():
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>     print 2
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> step_1()
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> This will call the 2nd function. Now my functions are called step_ID
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> (like step_27(), step_28(), etc.). How to avoid the danger of
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> redefinition? Now, when I write a new function, I search for its name
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> to see if it's unique but there must be a better way.
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> Thanks,
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> Laszlo
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> P.S.: the script is here ( https://github.com/jabbalaci/jabbatron ) if
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> you are interested. It's made for Ubuntu.

Use a code checker such as PyLint (http://www.logilab.org/857 or pylint package).
Better idea:
I *strongly* recommend to never use names such as step_12. Use descriptive names and the problem will not occur.
Your project looks interesting. I can contribute. :-)
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