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Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments?

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Aahz wrote:

> In article <mailman.3530.1352538537.27098.python-list@python.org>,
> Peter Otten  <__peter__@web.de> wrote:
>>Miki Tebeka wrote:
>>
>>>> Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before
>>>> using the arguments?
>>>
>>> You can use a decorator:
>>> 
>>> from functools import wraps
>>> 
>>> def fix_args(fn):
>>>     @wraps(fn)
>>>     def wrapper(*args):
>>>         args = (arg.replace('_', '') for arg in args)
>>>         return fn(*args)
>>> 
>>>     return wrapper
>>> 
>>> @fix_args
>>> def foo(x, y):
>>>     print(x)
>>>     print(y)
>>
>>I was tempted to post that myself, but he said /simpler/ ;)
> 
> From my POV, that *is* simpler.  When you change the parameters for foo,
> you don't need to change the arg pre-processing.  Also allows code reuse,
> probably any program needing this kind of processing once will need it
> again.

Typical changes would be

@fix_args
def bar(x, y=None):
    print(x)
    print(y)

@fix_args
def baz(file, x, y):
    print(s, file=file)

Do you find it obvious what 

bar("a_b")
bar("a_b", y="c_d")

print? Do you find the traceback produced by the latter helpful?
Moving complexity into a helper function often makes client code simpler 
because if the helper is well-tested and preferrably maintained by someone 
else the part that you have to deal with becomes simpler, but the overall 
complexity still increases.
A fix_args() decorator is worthwhile only if you need it more than once or 
twice, and because it is hard to generalise I expect that yagni.

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Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-11-09 16:48 -0800
  Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-11-09 20:05 -0500
    Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-10 01:16 +0000
      Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-11-10 05:15 -0800
        Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-11 05:33 +1100
  Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-09 18:52 -0800
    Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-10 14:56 +1100
      Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-11-09 20:05 -0800
        Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-10 20:19 +1100
  Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-11-09 20:17 -0800
    Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-11-10 10:09 +0100
      Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? aahz@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) - 2012-11-10 07:35 -0800
        Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-11-10 09:56 -0800
        Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-11-11 10:28 +0100
        Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? brucegoodstein@gmail.com - 2012-11-15 15:20 -0800
          Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2012-11-15 16:03 -0800
          Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-11-15 20:00 -0800
            Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-11-16 07:00 -0800
              Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-11-16 13:30 -0800
            Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-11-16 07:00 -0800
  Re: Is there a simpler way to modify all arguments in a function before using the arguments? Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-11 09:45 -0800

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