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Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:56:40 +1100
Subject: Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments?
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On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> bruceg113355@gmail.com writes:
>> Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before
>> using the arguments?
>
> Why do you want to do that?
>

Contrived example:

def send_email(from, to, subj, body, whatever, other, headers, you, like):
    # Okay, now translate all those into the appropriate encoding and
with special characters escaped
    # We need to translate each one separately so that, for instance,
a newline in the subject won't let you create additional headers

ChrisA