[Python-Dev] Very Strange Argument Handling Behavior
Vinay Sajip
vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Apr 17 14:41:03 CEST 2010
Steve Holden <steve <at> holdenweb.com> writes:
> I'm sure we wouldn't want to go so far as to inhibit this. (Py 3.1)
>
> >>> def f(**kwargs):
> ... kwargs[1] = "dummy"
> ... print(kwargs)
> ...
> >>> f(this="Guido", that="Raymond", the_other="Steve")
> {'this': 'Guido', 1: 'dummy', 'the_other': 'Steve', 'that': 'Raymond'}
I think that according to the proposal, the above snippet would be OK, but
def f(**kwargs):
kwargs[1] = 'dummy'
g(**kwargs)
would fail at the call of g.
Regards,
Vinay Sajip
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