[Python-Dev] Keyword arg dictionary without keyword arguments

Jack Jansen jack@oratrix.nl
Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:23:18 +0100


Recently, Guido van Rossum <guido@digicool.com> said:
> > I get the impression that I'm currently seeing a non-NULL third
> > argument in my (C) methods even though the method is called without
> > keyword arguments.
> 
> > Is this new semantics that I missed the discussion about, or is this a bug?
> 
> [...] 
> Do you really need the NULL?

The places that I know I was counting on the NULL now have "if ( kw && 
PyObject_IsTrue(kw))", so I'll just have to hope there aren't any more 
lingering in there.
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