How to use Python decorators to check function arguments?

Question

I would like to define some generic decorators to check arguments before calling some functions.

Something like:

@checkArguments(types = [\'int\', \'         


        

Answer 1

From the Decorators for Functions and Methods:

Python 2

def accepts(*types):
    def check_accepts(f):
        assert len(types) == f.func_code.co_argcount
        def new_f(*args, **kwds):
            for (a, t) in zip(args, types):
                assert isinstance(a, t), \
                       "arg %r does not match %s" % (a,t)
            return f(*args, **kwds)
        new_f.func_name = f.func_name
        return new_f
    return check_accepts

Python 3

In Python 3 func_code has changed to __code__ and func_name has changed to __name__.

def accepts(*types):
    def check_accepts(f):
        assert len(types) == f.__code__.co_argcount
        def new_f(*args, **kwds):
            for (a, t) in zip(args, types):
                assert isinstance(a, t), \
                       "arg %r does not match %s" % (a,t)
            return f(*args, **kwds)
        new_f.__name__ = f.__name__
        return new_f
    return check_accepts

Usage:

@accepts(int, (int,float))
def func(arg1, arg2):
    return arg1 * arg2

func(3, 2) # -> 6
func('3', 2) # -> AssertionError: arg '3' does not match 

arg2 can be either int or float