Python函数参数

默认参数

Python提供默认函数参数，例如：

def ask_ok(prompt, retries=4, complaint='Yes or no, please!'):
while True:
ok = raw_input(prompt)
if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'):
return True
if ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'):
return False
retries = retries - 1
if retries < 0:
raise IOError('refusenik user')
print complaint

这个函数可以如下调用：

ask_ok('Do you really want to quit?')
ask_ok('OK to overwrite the file?', 2)
ask_ok('OK to overwrite the file?', 2, 'Come on, only yes or no!')

默认参数在函数定义处被计算：

i = 5
def f(arg=i):
print arg
i = 6
f()

这段程序会输出：5

注意：默认参数值只计算一次，所以，如果默认参数是可变对象（list、dictionary或者对象），那么这个值会被累计：

def f(a, L=[]):
L.append(a)
return L

print f(1)
print f(2)
print f(3)

会输出：

[1]
[1, 2]
[1, 2, 3]

关键字参数

函数可以使用键值对的形式调用，例如：

def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom', type='Norwegian Blue'):
print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action,
print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it."
print "-- Lovely plumage, the", type
print "-- It's", state, "!"

可以用如下形式调用：

parrot(1000)
parrot(action = 'VOOOOOM', voltage = 1000000)
parrot('a thousand', state = 'pushing up the daisies')
parrot('a million', 'bereft of life', 'jump')

另外，Python还提供了可变参数的调用形式：

def cheeseshop(kind, *arguments, **keywords):
print "-- Do you have any", kind, "?"
print "-- I'm sorry, we're all out of", kind
for arg in arguments: print arg
print "-" * 40
keys = keywords.keys()
keys.sort()
for kw in keys: print kw, ":", keywords[kw]

可以如下调用：

cheeseshop("Limburger", "It's very runny, sir.",
"It's really very, VERY runny, sir.",
shopkeeper='Michael Palin',
client="John Cleese",
sketch="Cheese Shop Sketch")

输出如下：

-- Do you have any Limburger ?
-- I'm sorry, we're all out of Limburger
It's very runny, sir.
It's really very, VERY runny, sir.
----------------------------------------
client : John Cleese
shopkeeper : Michael Palin
sketch : Cheese Shop Sketch

参数解包

Python函数的参数可以通过对list、dict的解包进行调用，例如：

>>> range(3, 6)             # normal call with separate arguments
[3, 4, 5]
>>> args = [3, 6]
>>> range(*args)            # call with arguments unpacked from a list
[3, 4, 5]

字典如下：

>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'):
...     print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action,
...     print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it.",
...     print "E's", state, "!"
...
>>> d = {"voltage": "four million", "state": "bleedin' demised", "action": "VOOM"}
>>> parrot(**d)
-- This parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it. E's bleedin' demised !