I agree this is a problem, which I have seen solved by removing the method signature, which is unfortunate:
> def flexible_method(**kwargs): > # Read the code to find out the expected parameters I have an @override decorator to handle this type of pattern. It will perform the null-coalescing with properties found in a special "kwargs" parameter. "kwargs" is assigned a dict that has a copy of the method arguments. The value of a callee's argument is, in order, * a not None value provided by the caller or * a not None value found in the kwargs dict or * the default value provided by the method declaration or * None I was not clear on where you wanted to define your defaults. Either like this: > @override > def subfunction_1(a=None, b=None, c=None, kwargs=None): > return a+b*c > > @override > def subfunction_2(d=None, e=None, f=None, kwargs=None): > return d*e+f > > @orverride > def main_function(a=2, b=3, c=4, d=5, e=6, f=7, kwargs=None): > return subfunction_1(a, b, c) + subfunction_2(d, e, f) > return subfunction_1(kwargs) + subfunction_2(kwargs) # IF YOU WANT TO BE LAZY or like this: > @override > def subfunction_1(a=2, b=3, c=4, kwargs=None): > return a+b*c > > @override > def subfunction_2(d=5, e=6, f=7, kwargs=None): > return d*e+f > > @orverride > def main_function(a=None, b=None, c=None, d=None, e=None, f=None, kwargs=None): > return subfunction_1(a, b, c) + subfunction_2(d, e, f) > return subfunction_1(kwargs) + subfunction_2(kwargs) # IF YOU WANT TO BE LAZY both are identical except for where you declare the default values. https://github.com/klahnakoski/mo-kwargs _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
