On 2013-05-23, Matthew Gilson <m.gils...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's fine, but what is a keyword argument? According to the glossary > (http://docs.python.org/3.3/glossary.html): > > /"keyword argument/: an argument preceded by an identifier (e.g. name=) > in a function call or passed as a value in a dictionary preceded by **." > > As far as I'm concerned, this leads to some ambiguity in > whether the keys of the mapping need to be valid identifiers or > not.
I don't see any ambiguity. A keyword argument is an argument preceded by an identifier according to the definition. Where are you perceiving wiggle room? -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
