Same function with 2 different names and pass an arg setting

Question

Is it possible to have a single function that can be run with two different names and pass a new arg setting as well as all others?

I am thinking something like this:

def func1(a, b=False):
    print(a)
    print(b)

func2 = func1(b=True)

Where this function is being run by other code on the command line and a is a string, lets say I set it to "hello".

Output for func1:

hello
False

Output for func2:

hello
True

Does this answer your question? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17625695/is-it-possible-to-change-a-functions-default-parameters-in-python — Iain Shelvington, Sep 28 '22 at 23:26

Barmar · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-28T23:32:38.760

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Just define another function that calls the first function after setting the b argument to True.

def func2(*args, **kwargs):
    kwargs['b'] = True
    func1(*args, **kwargs)

edited Sep 28 '22 at 23:32

answered Sep 28 '22 at 23:25

Barmar

Thank you, the problem I have with this way is the actual function in questions has many many args and I am aiming to bypass the need to pass so many args twice and rather by default pass all of them but change one. – alphadmon Sep 28 '22 at 23:31
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I've updated it to show how to pass all the other arguments. – Barmar Sep 28 '22 at 23:32

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