Question

Hello i have a weird doubt..

MY code is

    def prints():
        print " I WILL DIE HEHE"

    def add(a,b):
        next = a
        print " Added sum is %d " % (next + b)
        next = prints()


    w = int(raw_input("Give a"))
    g = int(raw_input("Give b"))
    add(w,g)

Now the problem is why does the function prints() gets executed while i assign it to next i.e. next = prints(). I am little confused.

Answer 1

Because you are calling it,

prints()

will execute where as

ne = prints
ne() 

is assigning the name, and then calling the new name.

Noteback, I also call it ne as next shadows a builtin method