Added ability to add multiple arguments to dumps()

README.md

@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ useful logging.
 
 CHANGELOG:
 
+1.2.0:  Added multi-argument support in dumps()
 1.1.0:  Added more supported versions of python and a test framework.
 1.0.4:  Fixed problem in Python 2 when using io.StringIO with dumper.
 1.0.3:  Fixed problems in Python 3 related to trying to use decode as member of str.

dumper/__init__.py

@@ -683,10 +683,13 @@ def dump(val, output=None):
     else:
         Dumper(output=output).dump(val)
 
-def dumps(val):
+def dumps(val, *argv):
     from io import StringIO
     out = StringIO()
-    Dumper(output=out).dump(val)
+    dumper = Dumper(output=out)
+    dumper.dump(val)
+    for val in argv:
+        dumper.dump(val)
     return out.getvalue()
 
 

setup.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     # Versions should comply with PEP440.  For a discussion on single-sourcing
     # the version across setup.py and the project code, see
     # http://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorial.html#version
-    version='1.1.0',
+    version='1.2.0',
 
     description='Tool to conveniently describe any Python datastructure',
     long_description=long_description,

test.py

@@ -20,14 +20,45 @@ def do_dump_scalars():
 def test_do_dump_scalars():
     assert_output_as_expected(do_dump_scalars)
 
+def do_dumps_multi_values():
+    s = dumps(1, " is less than ", 10) # returns unicode string in py2
+    if sys.version < (3, 0):
+        s = s.encode('ascii', 'replace') # convert back to regular string
+    dump(s)
+    return "\"1' is less than '10\""
+
+def test_dumps_multi_values():
+    assert_output_as_expected(do_dumps_multi_values)
+
+def do_dump_json():
+    obj = {
+            "httpCode": 200,
+            "extensionData": [
+                {
+                    "extensionValue": "egg"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    dump(obj)
+    return '''
+<dict at {WORD}>:
+  httpCode: 200
+  extensionData: <list at {WORD}>
+    0: <dict at {WORD}>:
+      extensionValue: 'egg'
+'''
+
+def test_do_dump_json():
+    assert_output_matches_template(do_dump_json)
+
 # END TEST CASES
 
 def text_type(val):
     if sys.version < '3':
         return unicode(val)
     else:
         return str(val)
-
+    
 def assertMatching(a, b):
     ''' Asserts that the lines from string, a, match the lines in the string, b.
     a is the expected string / pattern
@@ -40,7 +71,11 @@ def assertMatching(a, b):
         raise AssertionError("a has " + text_type(len(a_lines)) + ", but b has " + text_type(len(b_lines)) + " lines: a={" + a + "}, b={" + b + "}")
     for i in range(0, len(a_lines)):
         assert a_lines[i] == b_lines[i]
-
+
+def assert_output_matches_template(func):
+    # TODO: implement this
+    pass
+
 def assert_output_as_expected(func):
     # buffer stdout
     try: