This should be a simple question...

[Neal Becker]

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here

def A (...):
#set a bunch of variables
x = 1
b = 2
...

Do something with them

def B (...):
#set the same bunch of variables
x = 1
b = 2
...

Do something with them

I want to apply DRY, and extract out the common setting of these variables
into the local scope of the functions A and B. How to do this? (Other than
just setting them in the module scope)

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here

def A (...):
#set a bunch of variables
x = 1
b = 2
...

Do something with them

def B (...):
#set the same bunch of variables
x = 1
b = 2
...

Do something with them

I want to apply DRY, and extract out the common setting of these variables
into the local scope of the functions A and B. How to do this? (Other than
just setting them in the module scope)

Using a class?

Diez

 

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Neal Becker a écrit :

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here

def A (...):
#set a bunch of variables
x = 1
b = 2
...

Do something with them

def B (...):
#set the same bunch of variables
x = 1
b = 2
...

Do something with them

I want to apply DRY, and extract out the common setting of these variables
into the local scope of the functions A and B. How to do this? (Other than
just setting them in the module scope)

If your "variables" are literal constants common to the whole module,
and are *not* modified within the functions, the obvious answer is to
define them as module level (pseudo) symbolic constants.

Else, please provide more background.

 

[Neal Becker]

Neal Becker a écrit :

If your "variables" are literal constants common to the whole module,
and are *not* modified within the functions, the obvious answer is to
define them as module level (pseudo) symbolic constants.

Else, please provide more background.

--

They are just a bunch of variables, but I don't want to put them into module
scope because there may be other functions C and D with different settings.

Of course I could collect them into an object and refer to them as o.x.
Requires more typing though.

What if I had:

my_obj = common_variables()
That set all these attributes, but then with function A I inject them into
A's scope (shouldn't be too hard to do, I think)?