Say I have something like this sample code.
def foo(n):
def bar():
return -1
if n = 0:
return 0
else:
return foo(n+bar())
I assume it creates a new instance of bar every time foo is recursively called. However this seems like something that could be optimized in python (or any other language) but I was unable to find anything stating if it has been optimized for that.
The reasoning I have bar defined in foo is I'm trying to hide bar from the user and python's _bar() or __bar() of "please sir don't use this dear user" is annoying me as I was trained in non scripting languages.
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global variable of your module. Python doesn't have "real" private functions. If a user wants to accessbar
, there's no point in slapping them and saying they can't do that.The reasoning I have bar defined in foo is I'm trying to hide bar from the user and python's _bar() or __bar() of "please sir don't use this dear user" is annoying me as I was trained in non scripting languages.
If you're using an interpreted language they could just get to your code anyway. Why do you feel the need to hide it so thoroughly.