argel1200 1.0.4

My utility functions

argel1200

argel1200.utilities

A small collection of utility functions that help reduce boilerplate code.

dumps

Wrapper for dumper, to make it eaier to get Perl style Data Dumper output. Assumes you want strings back, and leverages get_variable_name to pull the calling function.

get_variable_name

Helper function used by dumps. Perl's Data::Dumper gives variable_name=value output. This seeks to mimic that.

import_class_from_string

Useful when you need to (or it's just more elegant to) dynamically determine the class based on a string that you are obtaining dynamically at runtime. Useful if you have a base class and multiple subclasses. Very useful if you want to build out your classes as needed (something can just be a base class now, then later on you could create a sub class for it and your script will start loading it as the new sub class automatically)

logging_init

Uses haggis.logs to add two additional "debug" logging levels: 'TRACE' and 'MEMDUMP' and initializes a logging instance if return_logger is True.

open_file

Wrapper for opening a file that provides basic error handling. Get those try blocks out of your script!

process_cli_using_click

Useful if you want to use click in standalone=False mode. Provides basic error handling (required for standalone=False)