#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright 2014 Brett Slatkin, Pearson Education Inc. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # Preamble to mimick book environment import logging from pprint import pprint from sys import stdout as STDOUT # Example 1 def log(message, values): if not values: print(message) else: values_str = ', '.join(str(x) for x in values) print('%s: %s' % (message, values_str)) log('My numbers are', [1, 2]) log('Hi there', []) # Example 2 def log(message, *values): # The only difference if not values: print(message) else: values_str = ', '.join(str(x) for x in values) print('%s: %s' % (message, values_str)) log('My numbers are', 1, 2) log('Hi there') # Much better # Example 3 favorites = [7, 33, 99] log('Favorite colors', *favorites) # Example 4 def my_generator(): for i in range(10): yield i def my_func(*args): print(args) it = my_generator() my_func(*it) # Example 5 def log(sequence, message, *values): if not values: print('%s: %s' % (sequence, message)) else: values_str = ', '.join(str(x) for x in values) print('%s: %s: %s' % (sequence, message, values_str)) log(1, 'Favorites', 7, 33) # New usage is OK log('Favorite numbers', 7, 33) # Old usage breaks