Question

i have two methods New() and Edit() and another method make() that has some statements.. New() and Edit() both call make(), however there are some statements i would like to skip in make() if the calling method is new(). Take an example below

def new():
 make()


def edit():
 make()


def make():
  statement 1
  statement 2
  statement 3 not to be executed if calling method is new()

Is this implementable in Python?

Answer 1

Yes — put statement 3 in edit().

Alternatively, if you want other things to be able to call make() and execute statement 3, use keyword arguments to specify a default behaviour:

def new():
  make(skip=True)

def edit():
  make()
  # OR: make(skip=False)

def make(skip=False):
  statement 1
  statement 2
  if not skip:
    statement 3

# Previously written invocations of make() don't have to change now