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Demonstrates that Python's partial() allows for 'overriding' the already frozen parameters
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partial_demo.py
""" Partial's frozen arguments are not 'as frozen' as I would have thought
at first.
"""
from functools import partial
f = partial(int, base=2)
# results in 9 - great!
print(f("1001"))
# 1. executes, no warning, no exception :(
# 2. results in 28 :S
print(f("1001", base=3))
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