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def draw_point(x, y):
    # do some magic

point_foo = (3, 4)
point_bar = {'y': 3, 'x': 2}

draw_point(*point_foo)
draw_point(**point_bar)

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#!/usr/bin/python

def decorator( fn ):
  def wrapper( ):
    print( "Befor the function is called" )
    fn( )
    print( "After the function is called" )

  return wrapper

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def getTalk(type="shout"):

    # We define functions on the fly
    def shout(word="yes"):
        return word.capitalize()+"!"

    def whisper(word="yes") :
        return word.lower()+"...";

    # Then we return one of them

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def shout(word="yes"):
    return word.capitalize()+"!"

print shout()
# outputs : 'Yes!'

# As an object, you can assign the function to a variable like any
# other object 

scream = shout

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00000000004004f4 <main>:
  4004f4:       55                      push   rbp
  4004f5:       48 89 e5                mov    rbp,rsp
  4004f8:       48 83 ec 10             sub    rsp,0x10
  4004fc:       c7 45 fc 00 00 00 00    mov    DWORD PTR [rbp-0x4],0x0
  400503:       eb 0e                   jmp    400513 <main+0x1f>
  400505:       bf 0c 06 40 00          mov    edi,0x40060c
  40050a:       e8 e1 fe ff ff          call   4003f0 <puts@plt>
  40050f:       83 45 fc 01             add    DWORD PTR [rbp-0x4],0x1
  400513:       83 7d fc 09             cmp    DWORD PTR [rbp-0x4],0x9