[Tutor] How (not!) lengthy should functions be?

[Mark Lawrence]

On 16/04/2015 23:40, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 16/04/15 22:03, Alan Gauld wrote:
>
>>> def percent2Gy(dose_percent, target_dose_cGy):
>>>     """
>>>     Convert a dose given as a percent of target dose into Gy (Gray).
>>>     """
>>>     dose_Gy = cGy2Gy((dose_percent / 100.0) * target_dose_cGy)
>>>     return dose_Gy
>>
>
>> Note in this case you could just create an alias
>>
>> percent2GY = cGy2Gy
>
> Except that the name would then be misleading - my bad!
> The value that your function adds is the percentage calculation.
>
> But if it is a straight renaming exercise then an alias would
> be more appropriate than defining a new wrapper function.
>
> Sorry, for the bad example.
>

Bah, that'll teach me to read more closely in the future :(

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Mark Lawrence