Question:
Is it pythonic to pass a list of dictionary keys to iterate, BUT if an empty list is passed, iterate the entire dictionary?
If not suggestions please 😅
My only other approach is two methods, but as there are many features to process this way, it seems overly messy to me.
In terms of actual function signature, it doesn't seem very Pythonic to me. This would be clearer, I think:
def process_dict(d: dict[str, str], keys: list[str] | None = None) -> whatever:
Having `keys` be a second, optional argument that defaults to None (so it can't be mistaken for a list) more strongly implies the purpose of that argument, I think. If you supply keys, process those, otherwise process the whole thing.
@cazabon Indeed that is a good function signature.
I have been lazy in both code and my question here and need to relearn+use those 'modern' function signatures and in syudy particular the optional value, ie ' | None = None' etc
kingfisher
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