apply for keywords

[XiaoQin Xia]

Why not write as:

>>> apply(foo,(),{"bar":1})

Cheers,
Xiao-Qin Xia

Curtis Jensen wrote:
> 
> Can you use "apply" to pass keywords?  If so, what is the syntax?
> 
> ie:
> Python 1.5.2 (#4, Sep  5 2000, 10:29:12) [C] on irix646
> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> def foo( bar = None ):
> ...   if bar != None:
> ...     print 'ok'
> ...   else:
> ...     print 'not ok'
> ...
> >>> apply( foo, [bar = 1] )
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     apply( foo, [bar = 1] )
>                      ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>> apply( foo, bar = 1 )
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: this function takes no keyword arguments
> >>> apply(foo, (bar = 1) )
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     apply(foo, (bar = 1) )
>                     ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>>
> 
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