[Python-3000] PEP 3102 Open Issues

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri May 5 02:45:02 CEST 2006


Talin wrote:

> I have to admit that while the reasoning behind the use of the
> '*' character is logical, the logic seems a little convoluted. Part of this
> is due to the use of negative logic - the absence of something
> that would normally be there (i.e. a keyword after the '*') indicates
> a restriction on what would normally be allowed (i.e. additional
> keyword arguments.)

I don't see what's convoluted about it. If there's nothing
there to say that it's allowed, then it's not allowed.

--
Greg


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