aaronchall

def api(arg):
    if isinstance(arg, (str, bytes)):
        if isinstance(arg, bytes):
            arg = arg.decode('utf8')
        arg = [arg]
    ... # do something
    return arg
    
print(api(b'123')) # -> ['123']

aaronchall

"""
Using Pygame, provided requirements with Nix, make a smiley take
a random walk around the display

Put a smiley.png in the same folder, and execute with:

python -m pygame_demo
"""

import pygame

aaronchall

>>> class Error(Exception):
...     def __init__(self, foo, bar):
...         return super().__init__(foo, bar)
...
>>> Error('blah', 'blah')
Error('blah', 'blah')
>>> pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(Error('blah', 'blah')))
Error('blah', 'blah')

Fails: