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Kheshav Sewnundun
Kheshav Sewnundun

Reputation: 1244

why is function executing twice?

Am experiencing a bizarre problem with my python script the file is being red twice.

Script:

import platform as serverPlatform


class platform:

  @staticmethod
  def kernel():
    return serverPlatform.release()

  @staticmethod
  def cpu():
    with open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r') as f:
        print("x")
        for line in f:
            if line.strip():
                if line.rstrip('\n').split(':')[0].startswith('model name'):
                    model_name = line.rstrip('\n').split(':')[1]

print platform.cpu()

The code above prints "x" twice:

[root@localhost lib]# python platform.py
x
x

However if i remove the class and run the code found inside the cpu() method directly it prints me "x" only once.(python script without the class)

with open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r') as f:
    print("x")
    for line in f:
        if line.strip():
            if line.rstrip('\n').split(':')[0].startswith('model name'):
                model_name = line.rstrip('\n').split(':')[1]

What am I doing wrong in my initial script and why is it printing me "x" twice? Thanks in advance

UPDATE

Ok I realised my mistake as silly as it may sound I imported the module platform in a script containing the custom class names platform. So i changed the name of the class from platform to platforms

import platform as serverPlatform


class platforms:

  @staticmethod
  def kernel():
    return serverPlatform.release()

  @staticmethod
  def cpu():
    with open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r') as f:
        print("x")
        for line in f:
            if line.strip():
                if line.rstrip('\n').split(':')[0].startswith('model name'):
                    model_name = line.rstrip('\n').split(':')[1]

print platforms.cpu()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1918

Answers (1)

NishanthSpShetty
NishanthSpShetty

Reputation: 659

while importing python scripts, it will execute all the statements, like function declaration, class declaration and executable statements (like print). So when you import flatform it will execute flatform.cpu() once. and one more call from the file in which you imported.

Upvotes: 2

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