Parameter passing in python

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Laura Creighton wrote:
> class MyButtonBox(Pmw.ButtonBox)
>     def __init__(self, parent, **kw):
>        ...
>         apply(Pmw.ButtonBox.__init__, (self, parent), kw)
>
> Why am I required to do apply to be able to pass the keyword list?
> Some model of Pmw.ButtonBox.__init__(self, args) would be
> more readable.

   In Python 2.0 this works without "apply".

Oleg.
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