Re: [Python-ideas] Proto-PEP: Preserving the order of **kwargs in a function.

On Apr 10, 2014 1:57 PM, "Dima Tisnek" <dimaqq@gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry to be a spoil-sport, but what next?

Oh this isn't so bad :)

Preserve order of globals?

Already do-able.

Preserve order of locals?

Function execution stands alone in Python in how explicitly we restrict flexibility to customize (for the sake of performance). However, see the next point.

Preserve order of class members?

As already noted, you can do so now. Furthermore, you can use that mechanism to preserve the order of function "locals".

methinks the whole point of keyword arguments is that they are named.

order is a much weaker concept.

I agree it is weaker. I still think it is worth preserving, as explained in the PEP. -eric