On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 02:22:22PM +0100, Rhodri James wrote:
> On 04/10/2019 20:34, Caleb Donovick wrote:

> >```
> >where_x_1 = db[x=1]
> >```

which would be equivalent to the existing syntax

   where_x_1 = db[{'x': 1}]


[Rhodi]
> OK, I'm not sure what you're trying to do here, which all on its own
> says that what you're doing isn't self-explanatory.

I think it is pretty self-explanatory. Caleb wants to allow passing
arguments to ``__getitem__`` by keyword, not just position.

Subscripting obj[x] is, effectively, an alternate form of function call
syntax with a number of differences and restrictions compared to obj(x):

- calls the ``__getitem__`` dunder instead of ``__call__`` dunder

- by convention, is supposed to be used for item indexing, key
  lookups, and type annotations, rather than arbitrary uses

- the syntax is different, and highly restricted, compared to regular
  function calls:

  1. there is no zero-argument form