Parameter passing in python

[Christian Tanzer]

Laura Creighton <lac at cd.chalmers.se> wrote:

>         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.

Python 2.1 (#1, May  2 2001, 18:27:26) 
[GCC 2.7.2.1] on linux2
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>>> def test(* args, ** kw): 
...   print args,kw
... 
>>> test(1,2,3)
(1, 2, 3) {}
>>> test(1,2,3, a = 42, b = 137)
(1, 2, 3) {'b': 137, 'a': 42}
>>> test(1,2,3, a = 42, b = 137, ** {"c" : "x", "d" : "y"})
(1, 2, 3) {'d': 'y', 'b': 137, 'c': 'x', 'a': 42}
>>> test(1,2,3, a = 42, b = 137, * (5,6,7), ** {"c" : "x", "d" : "y"})
(1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7) {'d': 'y', 'b': 137, 'c': 'x', 'a': 42}
>>>

[Disclaimer: you need Python 2.0 or later for this]

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