[Python-ideas] Short form for keyword arguments and dicts

[Greg Ewing]

Andrew Barnert wrote:
> Notice that in this case, you don't actually need to pull out font and pass
> it along:
> 
>    def __init__(self, text = "Hello", **kwds): default_size =
>       calc_default_size(text, kwds.get('font', system_font))
>       Widget.__init__(self, size = default_size, **kwds)

That's what I ended up doing in many cases. But using get()
with a constant name has something of a nasty whiff about it
as well.

> I think the issue isn't how many passed-on arguments you have, but how many
> you're peeking at.

Yes, that's what I meant.

-- 
Greg