Jeremy Gerstle realoptimal
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April 20, 2020 21:58
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Dynamic function creation in Python
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| Python is a dynamic language, and it is relatively easy to dynamically create | |
| and modify things such as classes and objects. Functions, however, are quite | |
| challenging to create dynamically. | |
| One area where we might want to do this is in an RPC library, where a function | |
| defined on a server needs to be available remotely on a client. | |
| The naive solution is to simply pass arguments to a generic function that | |
| accepts `*args` and `**kwargs`. A lot of information is lost with this approach, | |
| however, in particular the number of arguments taken. Used in an RPC | |
| implementation, this also delays any error feedback until after the arguments |