Variety of handy, small utilities to aid in using, testing, debugging, etc in Python
This contains a number of (small) scripts and utilities I've developed over time while developing in Python. I've tried to create functions that allow you to use a particular Python feature with just a single argument, instead of many required settings arguments, while still letting you get to all the underlying features. Hence, "simple". Still at a pretty early stage, but all of the elements in the reference below should work and be useful.
Lets you convert csv and excel files to Python dictionaries/lists using only the filename as an argument. Similarly, allows export with just file name. (If you're using a dictionary, it'll also search for all additional keys and save them too).
A few really basic decorators to view function execution by tracing.
If you slap on @trace , it will just print the input arguments and return
value of the function call (indenting each time for recursive calls).
@special_trace works similarly to trace, except you can pass it positions or
keyword arguments that you want ignored (not printed) in the trace output.
Combines with special_print, which makes print output align with the
indentation of special_trace.