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Author Yehuda
Recipients Yehuda, nicktimko
Date 2019-08-28.16:26:47
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Sorry to say but these don't satisfy my issues.

1 the next code SHOULD produce an error message. Think that it's followed
by a few dozens of code lines:
from turtle import *
fd; rt(90)
2 Old Logo had a useful function of creating a circle AROUND THE TURTLE. It
would be very nice it such a function was built-in in turtle module.
Giving this to student as a problem is not a good answer, it's more like a
sort of "pass the baby" solution.

Thank you for the fast reply.

Yehuda Katz (Israel)

On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 7:04 PM Nick Timkovich <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

>
> Nick Timkovich <prometheus235@gmail.com> added the comment:
>
> Regarding #1: In Python, you may refer to a variable's name (e.g. `rt`,
> which is a function), which often has no effect in a script. In the REPL
> (where you see >>>) it is useful to inspect the object:
>
> >>> turtle.rt
> <function rt at 0x7f14b8d46ea0>
>
> In order to call that name/function, parentheses are *required* unlike
> other languages where they are optional (Ruby). So, you don't get an error
> message, but one is not expected. Linting tools can alert you to statements
> that don't appear to have an effect.
>
> Regarding #2: Students of the turtle could create a reusable function to
> draw a circle with the turtle and return to the starting position. It would
> be an excellent exercise with multiple solutions!
>
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