[Python-Dev] Very Strange Argument Handling Behavior

[Oleg Broytman]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:57:06AM -0400, Alex Gaynor wrote:
> >>> def f(**kwargs):
> ...     print(kwargs)
> ...
> >>> kwargs = {1: 3}
> >>>
> >>> dict({}, **kwargs)
> {1: 3}
> >>> f(**kwargs)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: f() keywords must be strings

   Argument names must be strings. In your example 1 must be at least '1'.

Oleg.
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