#!/usr/bin/env PYTHONHASHSEED=1234 python3 # Copyright 2014-2019 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. # Reproduce book environment import random random.seed(1234) import logging from pprint import pprint from sys import stdout as STDOUT # Write all output to a temporary directory import atexit import gc import io import os import tempfile TEST_DIR = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() atexit.register(TEST_DIR.cleanup) # Make sure Windows processes exit cleanly OLD_CWD = os.getcwd() atexit.register(lambda: os.chdir(OLD_CWD)) os.chdir(TEST_DIR.name) def close_open_files(): everything = gc.get_objects() for obj in everything: if isinstance(obj, io.IOBase): obj.close() atexit.register(close_open_files) # Example 1 def log(message, values): if not values: print(message) else: values_str = ', '.join(str(x) for x in values) print(f'{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(f'{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(f'{sequence} - {message}') else: values_str = ', '.join(str(x) for x in values) print(f'{sequence} - {message}: {values_str}') log(1, 'Favorites', 7, 33) # New with *args OK log(1, 'Hi there') # New message only OK log('Favorite numbers', 7, 33) # Old usage breaks