from __future__ import print_function import side_effect def useless_function(first, second): print("I have the wrong number of arguments.") def function(frame, bp_loc, dict): side_effect.bktptcmd = "function was here" def another_function(frame, bp_loc, extra_args, dict): se_value = extra_args.GetValueForKey("side_effect") se_string = se_value.GetStringValue(100) side_effect.fancy = se_string def a_third_function(frame, bp_loc, extra_args, dict): se_value = extra_args.GetValueForKey("side_effect") se_string = se_value.GetStringValue(100) side_effect.fancier = se_string def empty_extra_args(frame, bp_loc, extra_args, dict): if extra_args.IsValid(): side_effect.not_so_fancy = "Extra args should not be valid" side_effect.not_so_fancy = "Not so fancy"