Python: passing flags to functions

Question

For a long time i have been trying to figure out what is the best way to pass flags to python functions. The most straightforward way is something like:

def func         


        

Answer 1

you can define flag1 ...flagN as global variables, and define your function with func( *args)

FLAG1 = 1
FLAG2 = 2

def func(*args):
   pass

func(FLAG1, FLAG2)

By defining flags separately, instead of using string, you can avoid typos in flags' names and some headache when debugging