From: "Ron S." <lists@...>
Date: 2012-11-21T21:23:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Missing Something

unknown wrote in post #1085232:

> One advantage: try working with functions that depend on half a dozen
> of parameters (and need to be called with half a dozen of arguments)
> and compare with a method that can simply use the instance variables.

I am already there! It's amazing how quickly the parameters list grows. 
Then I realize that I could use fewer parameters, but have to repeat 
code-snippets (let's say you have parameters: x, y, z... but z is (10 * 
x / y). You could pass z or just pass x and y but then you would have to 
pepper the method with 10 * x / y all over the place.) What I do is pass 
as few parameters as possible, and have local variables defined in the 
method.

> Tip: for a nicer and more robust way to handle command line options
> have a look at the OptionParser class.

That is a built-in?

Thank you for replying Unknown!

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