Python function attributes – uses and abuses

Not many are aware of this feature, but Python’s functions (and methods) can have attributes. Behold: >>> def foo(x): … pass … >>> foo.score = 10 >>> dir(foo) ['__call__', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__get__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__name__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__str__', 'func_closure', 'func_code', 'func_defaults', 'func_dict', 'func_doc', 'func_globals', 'func_name', 'score'] >>> foo.score … Read more

unpacking function argument

if a function takes n number of arguments, and there is another function that returns a sequence with n number of items(or I have a sequence with n number of items), is there a way to ‘map’ these two functions(or make the first function take a sequence of n number of items as input and … Read more