Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> *eureka moment*
>
> I can use introspection on the function directly to see
> how many arguments it accepts, instead of actually
> calling the function and trapping the exception.
For funsies, the function 'can_call' below takes a function 'f'
and returns a new function
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I worked around this problem by predicting what error message to expect
> given N expected arguments and M supplied arguments. Yuck: this is a
> messy, inelegant, ugly hack :-( Thank goodness that functions are first
> class objects that support introspection :-)
*eure
I'm trying to keep an open mind, but I am perplexed
about something in Python that strikes me as a poor design.
py> def func(a,b):
py> print a,b
py> func(1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in ?
TypeError: func() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
Why is the exception
