[Python-ideas] [Suspected Spam] Re: Short form for keyword arguments and dicts

Andrew McNabb writes:

I've seen people use an awful workaround for this:

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print('{spam} and {eggs}'.format(locals()))

While it looks a little magical, the proposed syntax would be an improvement (especially when there are many arguments):

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print('{spam} and {eggs}'.format(=spam, =eggs))

You're proposing that the "awful" workaround be made magical, builtin, and available to be used in any situation whether appropriate or not? I'll take the explicit use of locals any time.