On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:35:43 +0100, Pierre Quentel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steven Bethard a �crit :
> > Cappy2112 wrote:
> >
> >> What does the leading * do?
> >
> >
> > Tells Python to use the following iterable as the (remainder of the)
> > argument list:
> >
>
> Could someone explain why this doesn't work :
>
> Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct 2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on
> win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> def f(*args,**kw):
> ... print args, kw
> ...
> >>> f(*[1,2])
> (1, 2) {}
> >>> f(*[1,2],x=1)
> File "<stdin>", line 1
> f(*[1,2],x=1)
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
the * and ** must occur at the end.
f(x=1, *[1,2]) is valid.
Stephen.
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