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

I am missing the good old bitwise flags:

a = 1
b = 2
c = 4
d = 8

def func( data, flags ):
    print( ( flags & a) == a )
    print( ( flags & b) == b )
    print( ( flags & c) == c )
    print( ( flags & d) == d )

>>>> func("bla", a|c|d)
>>>> True
>>>> False
>>>> True
>>>> True