'seed' is explicitly imported on line 18, then overwritten on line 736, and yet it's used as a function on line 526. As far as I can tell, that is an error.
>>> from random import seed
>>> def f(): return seed(10)
>>> seed = 50
>>> f()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#4>", line 1, in <module>
f()
File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in f
def f(): return seed(10)
TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
>>>
EDIT: Since generate_spaceship is always called with an empty random_seed parameter, this error won't happen when the script is run.
Yes, that's correct.
>>> from random import seed
>>> seed(10)
>>> seed
<bound method Random.seed of <random.Random object at 0x24721c0>>
>>> seed = 50
>>> seed
50
>>> from random import seed
>>> seed
<bound method Random.seed of <random.Random object at 0x24721c0>>
1. you can overwrite everything in python
2. seed has been set to a string
3. obj uses the value of previously set 'seed' variable, which should be a string at that point.
its not a good idea, like overwriting the id variable, but it should work...
and just in case somebody wonders: its still possible to use the "true" seed() by calling it over __builtins__.seed()
i did similar stuff previously without realizing and only found out about this after i switched to a real IDE that warned me about overwriting inbuilt functions