chained_writer.py

def write_chained_functions(total_functions):
    with open('/usr/share/dict/words','r') as name_file:
        fn_names = [line.strip() for line in name_file.readlines()]
    first_name = fn_names[0]
    last_name = fn_names[total_functions]
    fn_names = iter(fn_names)
    with open("empty_chain.py", 'w') as f:
        name = next(fn_names)
        following_name = next(fn_names)
        for _ in range(total_functions):
            f.write("def %s():\n" % name)
            f.write("    %s()\n\n" % following_name)
            name, following_name = following_name, next(fn_names)

        f.write("def %s():\n    print 'yay'\n" % last_name)
        f.write("%s()" % first_name)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    write_chained_functions(1000)