template.py

def setup_something():
    # do some kind of setup
    return 1

def finish_doing_something(arg):
    # do something else
    print(str(arg))

def some_method_a():
    a = setup_something()
    # logic unique to this function, e.g.:
    a = 2
    finish_doing_something(a)

def some_method_b():
    b = setup_something()
    # logic unique to this function, e.g.:
    b = 3
    finish_doing_something(b)