setup(**config); rookie

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

cate wrote:
> I going thru a 101 and came upon this (http://
> learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex46.html)
>
> try:
>     from setuptools import setup
> except ImportError:
>     from distutils.core import setup
>
> config = {
>     'description': 'My Project',
>     'author': 'My Name',
>     'url': 'URL to get it at.',
>     'download_url': 'Where to download it.',
>     'author_email': 'My email.',
>     'version': '0.1',
>     'install_requires': ['nose'],
>     'packages': ['NAME'],
>     'scripts': [],
>     'name': 'projectname'
> }
>
> setup(**config)
>
> What is the construct **?
>
> Thank you
>   
Hi,

See 
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html#more-on-defining-functions

4.7.4. Unpacking Argument Lists

Cheers,

JM