The latest articles on DEV Community by joakimRN (@belfinwe). https://dev.to/belfinwe https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F273404%2F91c9bc36-2d2d-4b30-a110-068e15016678.png https://dev.to/belfinwe en joakimRN Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:17:07 +0000 https://dev.to/belfinwe/best-practice-for-python-returns-4bii https://dev.to/belfinwe/best-practice-for-python-returns-4bii <p>Hi.<br> I have a function that should return the result of a query.<br> It works, but my question is related to what is the best practise.</p> <p>The return value in this case is a response object from an API, that contains a value which indicate whether the query failed or not. The first question then is, should I have my function return the result of the query as it is?</p> <p>For the cases where the return object says nothing about how the execution of the function went, should it also return a boolean to indicate if things went as it should?</p> <p>And lastly, if I would need to return more than one variable, should they be returned as a tuple, a dictionary, or in some other way?</p> <p>I haven't been programming with Python for long. I know a bit, but I lack a lot of knowledge about how to write good/nice code.</p> python help