Python will allow doing that, but not using standard data types. You can define a class for a polynomial and then define any methods or functions to get the highest power or anything else.

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Sep 5, 2015 · The same is true of the arguments in the function you've provided. This means that the order of the arguments in a function call is important. The Python language, like many others, …

1 Have a look at SymPy: How to define variables for functions, integrals and polynomials. You can define it according to these two ways: a Python function with def as described above a Python …

In python the statement globals()[function_name]() is the same as foo() if function_name = 'foo' for the reasons discussed above, since python must lookup each function before calling it. If one were to …

new_function = function_writer() new_function() In this case there doesn't seem to be much point (just as there wouldn't normally be much point defining a function that always returns 0), but if …

May 26, 2018 · You can define a function outside of a class and then add it. However, there is a subtle difference in assigning the function to the class or to the instance object.

Apr 7, 2017 · Python doesn't know that you are calling the function with the proper types, and expects the programmer to take care of that. If your function will be called with different types of parameters, …

Oct 17, 2017 · There is no runtime cost to defining the function inside another function. At runtime, it is a simple assignment. However, if it is used inside a loop, you should also compile the regular …

Python is a strongly-typed dynamic language, which associates types with values, not names. If you want to force callers to provide data of specific types the only way you can do so is by adding explicit …