This small snippet came about as a result of this discussion on python-ideas, requesting a new syntax for dynamically reevaluating a function each time it is called.
It is a minor alteration of version 2 of this recipe that, instead of calling eval() on string annotations, simply requires that the annotations be callable and calls them at runtime.
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"""
runtime.py
Written by Geremy Condra
Licensed under GPLv3
Released 14 May 2009
This module provides a simple decorator used
to reevaluate function arguments at runtime
based on their annotations.
"""
from inspect import getfile, getfullargspec
from functools import wraps
def runtime(f):
	"""Evaluates a function's annotations at runtime.
	Usage:
		>>> @runtime
		... def f(x, y:lambda:[]):
		... 	y.append(x)
		... 	return y
		...
		>>> f(1)
		[1]
		>>> f(2)
		[2]
	Arguments evaluated at runtime must be treated as
	though they were keyword-only arguments for the
	purposes of assignment.
	Good:
		>>> f(4, y=[1, 2, 3])
		[1, 2, 3, 4]
	Bad:
		>>> f(4, [1, 2, 3])
		TypeError: f() got multiple values for keyword argument 'y'
	For this reason you should always make the arguments
	you want evaluated at runtime the last non-keyword
	arguments to your function.
	If you need a varargs argument, just place your
	runtime-evaluated arguments afterwards.
	Good:
		>>> @runtime
		... def f(*args, z: lambda:[]):
		... 	z.extend(args)
		... 	return z
		...
		>>> f(1, 2, 3, 4)
		[1, 2, 3, 4]
		>>> f(4, 5, 6, 7, z=[1, 2, 3])
		[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
	Bad:
		>>> @runtime
		... def f(z:'[]', *args):
		... 	z.extend(args)
		... 	return z
		...
		>>> f(1, 2, 3, 4)
		TypeError: f() got multiple values for keyword argument 'z'
	"""
	# get the functions' file of origin
	filename = getfile(f)
	# build the evaluatable annotations table
	defaults = getfullargspec(f)[-1]
	# build the wrapping function
	@wraps(f)
	def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
		# update kwargs with the unfilled defaults, evaluated at runtime
		for k, v in defaults.items():
			if k not in kwargs:
				kwargs[k] = v()
		return f(*args, **kwargs)
	# and return it
	return wrapped
@runtime
def example1(x, y: lambda:[]):
	y.append(x)
	return y
@runtime
def example2(*, x: lambda:a**2+2*b+c):
	return x
if __name__ == "__main__":
	print("Testing example1")
	print(example1(1))
	print(example1(2))
	print(example1(3))
	print()
	print("Testing example2 with values 0, 1, 2")
	a, b, c = 0, 1, 2
	print(example2())
	print("Changing a to 5")
	a = 5
	print(example2())
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