Thanks to everyone who posted comments or put some thought into this
problem.
I should have been more specific with what I want to do, from your
comments the general case of this problem, while I hate to say
impossible, is way more trouble than it's worth.
By modified I meant that the dictionary
I'm not an experienced python programmer, but I come from a C++
background as well. I like to code in Komodo ($29 for the personal
edition) and that lets me have multiple python files opened in tabs,
and multiple interpreters opened below, since the interpreter is
command based, it doesn't have to
It's important that I can read the contents of the dict without
flagging it as modified, but I want it to set the flag the moment I add
a new element or alter an existing one (the values in the dict are
mutable), this is what makes it difficult. Because the values are
mutable I don't think you can
I can think of several messy ways of making a dict that sets a flag if
it's been altered, but I have a hunch that experienced python
programmers would probably have an easier (well maybe more Pythonic)
way of doing this.
It's important that I can read the contents of the dict without
flagging it a
Hi Jean-Paul,
Thank you for the advice, I appreciate it, my university training was
next to useless so I learn how to write good programs by the advice of
helpful people in online communities. I'm really thankfull when people
take the time to tell me when I'm doing something wrong and show me a
be
Hi Jean-Paul,
Thank you for the advice, I appreciate it, my university training was
next to useless so I learn how to write good programs by the advice of
helpful people in online communities. I'm really thankfull when people
take the time to tell me when I'm doing something wrong and show me a
be
I want to be able to pass a sequence (tuple, or list) of objects to a
function, or only one.
It's easy enough to do:
isinstance(var, (tuple, list))
But I would also like to accept generators. How can I do this?
Anything else is assumed to be a single value (my fault if I pass a
dict or somethin
