[New-bugs-announce] [issue2613] inconsistency with bare * in parameter list

[Mark Summerfield]

New submission from Mark Summerfield <mark at qtrac.eu>:

A bare * in a parameter list behaves differently depending on what
follows it:

Py30a4:

>>> def f(*, a=1, b=2): return 1

>>> def g(*, **kwargs): return 1
SyntaxError: named arguments must follow bare * (<pyshell#10>, line 1)

I don't know if this is a bug or not but thought it worth querying. This
case does not seem to be mentioned in PEP 3102.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 65340
nosy: mark
severity: normal
status: open
title: inconsistency with bare * in parameter list
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.0

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