How to wrap a function using varargin and varargout?

Actually, Mikhail’s answer is not quite right. In the case that someFunction is a function that returns a value even if none is requested, which is how a function indicates that the value should be assigned to ans, Mikhail’s wrapper will fail. For example, if someFunction were replaced with sin and you compared running wrapper … Read more

Java: Is there a difference between L and l (lowercase L) when specifying a long?

No practical difference. Either L or l can be used, both indicate a long primitive. Also, either can be autoboxed to the corresponding Long wrapper type. However, it is worth noting that JLS-3.10.1 – Integer Literals says (in part) An integer literal is of type long if it is suffixed with an ASCII letter L … Read more

How do I wrap a function in Javascript?

Personally instead of polluting builtin objects I would go with a decorator technique: var makeSafe = function(fn){ return function(){ try{ return fn.apply(this, arguments); }catch(ex){ ErrorHandler.Exception(ex); } }; }; You can use it like that: function fnOriginal(a){ console.log(1/a); }; var fn2 = makeSafe(fnOriginal); fn2(1); fn2(0); fn2(“abracadabra!”); var obj = { method1: function(x){ /* do something */ … Read more

Exposing `defaultdict` as a regular `dict`

defaultdict docs say for default_factory: If the default_factory attribute is None, this raises a KeyError exception with the key as argument. What if you just set your defaultdict’s default_factory to None? E.g., >>> d = defaultdict(int) >>> d[‘a’] += 1 >>> d defaultdict(<type ‘int’>, {‘a’: 1}) >>> d.default_factory = None >>> d[‘b’] += 2 Traceback … Read more

What’s the relative order with which Windows search for executable files in PATH?

See the command search sequence on Microsoft Docs The PATH and PATHEXT environmental variables each provide an element of the search sequence: PATH is the ordered list of directories “where” to look, and PATHEXT is the ordered list of file extensions (“what“) to look for (in case the extension isn’t explicitly provided on the command … Read more