" I wish this worked: >>> def main(a,b,*argv): pass >>> options['argv'] = argv >>> main(**options) TypeError: main() got an unexpected keyword argument 'argv' " ----- I was thinking about that exact same thing actually. Except that I was thinking you might want it like this, otherwise it could be ambiguous:
>>> def main(a,b,*argv): pass >>> options['*argv'] = argv >>> main(**options) Weird I know, to put the * operator inside the string. I suppose the necessity of doing that just shows why it wasn't implemented in the first place. But still, it would be neat... Also, of course, you could then do main(*argv=[2,3]) or rather main(*argv=[3,4],a=1,b=2) #in random order -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
