28 Jun
2008
28 Jun
'08
7:28 a.m.
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:17:10 am Greg Ewing wrote:
tomer filiba wrote:
def f(**kwargs):
... print kwargs ...
f(a=5,b=7,a=8)
{'a': 8, 'b': 7}
I can't think of any reason why one would need to be able to write such code, or even want to.
It would be nice to be able to do this: defaults = dict(a=5, b=7) f(**defaults, a=8) # override the value of a in defaults but unfortunately that gives a syntax error. Reversing the order would override the wrong value. So as Python exists now, no, it's not terribly useful. But it's not inherently a stupid idea. -- Steven