Ken Tilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Man that whole thing is messy. I can't for the life of me understand > > why it's so important to use a macro for that. Even in Lisp, I'd > > probably set up the reverse thingie as an auxiliary function. > > And when you got to skill 42 and you discovered you needed a new > optional argument to the reversal method you would throw up your hands > and register for bartending school rather than go edit the other 41.
I don't see the problem. Python uses keyword args sort of like Lisp's, and the called function (if it asks) receives a dictionary containing any keyword args not bound explicitly in the arg list. So you can invent new args whenever you want. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
