Things (Almost) No One Thinks About When Designing Functions in Python

Published: 20 September 2024
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In this video, I'll show you how to design a great function header in Python. I’ll mention things you probably haven’t considered but that can make or break your code.

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🔖 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Function Naming
5:17 Function Arguments
8:01 Function Default Arguments
13:17 Args and Kwargs arguments
15:56 Options object
21:05 Return Type
22:34 Making your function more generic
27:41 Final thoughts

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