On May 23, 12:35 pm, "inhahe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > " > 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
Yes I think something like that would be an improvement. I wonder if anyone would help me write a PEP... It might not be too hard to pass since it would be compatible with all existing code. I'd be willing to produce a patch against python2 or py3k. I don't see that leaving off the * makes it ambiguous, since there can only be one argument with that name: def f(args, *args): pass SyntaxError: duplicate argument 'args' in function definition -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
