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codefind
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from codefind import find_code
def f(x):
return x + x
def adder(x):
def f(y):
return x + y
return f
add1 = adder(1)
assert find_code("f" filename=__file__) is f.__code__
# Can find inner closures
assert find_code("adder", "f", filename=__file__) is add1.__code__
# Also works with module name
assert find_code("adder", "f", module=__module__) is add1.__code__
from codefind import get_functions
def f(x):
return x + x
def adder(x):
def f(y):
return x + y
return f
add1 = adder(1)
add2 = adder(2)
add3 = adder(3)
assert get_functions(f.__code__) == [f]
# Finds all functions with the same code (in any order)
assert set(get_functions(add1.__code__)) == {add1, add2, add3}
from codefind import conform
def f(x):
return x + x
def g(x):
return x * x
print(f(5)) # 10
conform(f, g)
print(f(5)) # 25
def adder(x):
def f(y):
return x + y
return f
def muller(x):
def f(y):
return x * y
return f
add1 = adder(1)
add2 = adder(2)
add3 = adder(3)
print(add1(5)) # 6
print(add2(5)) # 7
print(add3(5)) # 8
conform(add1.__code__, muller(0).__code__)
print(add1(5)) # 5
print(add2(5)) # 10
print(add3(5)) # 15
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We found that codefind demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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