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Is there an easy way to be inside a python function and get a list of the parameter names? For example: def func(a,b,c): print magic_that_does_what_I_want() >>> func() ['a','b','c'] ...

Is there a way to get the parameter names a function takes? def foo(bar, buz): pass magical_way(foo) == ["bar", "buz"]

I am looking to save the input parameters of a function as a string. I am using Python 3.7. I want so save that string for debugging. What I could do easily would be something like this: def Model(...

I have a decorator that I use to suppress and log exceptions within a function. The code is something like this: def log_exceptions(func): def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): try: ...

Given a function object, how can I get its signature? For example, for: def my_method(first, second, third='something'): pass I would like to get "my_method(first, second, third='something')&...

Suppose I have written a decorator that does something very generic. For example, it might convert all arguments to a specific type, perform logging, implement memoization, etc. Here is an example: ...

Given the following function: def foo(a, b, c): pass How would one obtain a list/tuple/dict/etc of the arguments passed in, without having to build the structure myself? Specifically, I'm ...

I'm looking for a way to check the number of arguments that a given function takes in Python. The purpose is to achieve a more robust method of patching my classes for tests. So, I want to do ...

I'm new in Python and wants to know if there is a simple way to get amount of passed parameters in Python function. a(1, 2, 3) ==>3 a(1, 2) ==>2

I have the following variables that a user can optionally submit through a form (they are not required, but may do this to filter down a search). color = request.GET.get ('color') size = request.GET....

def thefunction(a=1,b=2,c=3): pass print allkeywordsof(thefunction) #allkeywordsof doesnt exist which would give [a,b,c] Is there a function like allkeywordsof? I cant change anything inside, ...

I've got fed up of continually typing the same, repetitive commands over and over again in my __init__ function. I was wondering if I could write a decorator to do the work for me. Here's an example ...

Is there a way to introspect a function so that it shows me information on the arguments it takes (like number of args, type if possible, name of arguments if named) and the return value? dir() doesn'...

I'm playing with Python callable. Basically you can define a python class and implement __call__ method to make the instance of this class callable. e.g., class AwesomeFunction(object): def ...

When forgetting to pass certain arguments to a function, Python gives the only-somewhat-helpful message "myfunction() takes X arguments (Y given)". Is there a way to figure out the names of the ...