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I am a beginner in Python, and I would like to add a parameter to a callback, in addition to the self and the event. I have tried with lambda, but without success.
My code at the moment looks like this :

control = monitor(block, callback=self.model)

And my model is : 

def model(self, transaction)

I would like to have : 

def model(self, file, transaction)

file being a string parameter I would like to pass to my "model" I tried by changing the control line in : 

control = monitor(block, lambda transaction, args=args:    callback=self.model(transaction, args)

but this does not work, and it is getting too advanced but my python knowledge.
I get the following Error : "SyntaxError: lambda cannot contain assignment", I guess because of the = symbol.

Could you help me by explaining how I should proceed/what I am doing wrong ?

Vibhutha Kumarage
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Many times, when you think about using lambda, it is best to use functools.partial() which performs currying (or curryfication). You can use

from functools import partial

def model(self, transaction, file=None):
    ...

control = monitor(block, callback=partial(self.model, file='foobar'))

To answer your comment below, if you really need a true function, you can design you own:

def callback(func, **kwargs):
    @functools.wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*a, **k):
        return functools.partial(func, **kwargs)(*a, **k)
    return wrapper

control = monitor(block, callback=callback(self.model, file='foobar'))
Gribouillis
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  • Thanks, this works, and answers the question. I just get a side issue since partial have no __name__ attribute whereas callback does. I check for this parameter somewhere else in some external code that I will change accordingly... – user1654361 Dec 10 '16 at 18:03