Non-identifiers in dictionary keys for **expression syntax
Neil Cerutti
neilc at norwich.edu
Thu May 23 15:20:44 EDT 2013
On 2013-05-23, Matthew Gilson <m.gilson1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's fine, but what is a keyword argument? According to the glossary
> (http://docs.python.org/3.3/glossary.html):
>
> /"keyword argument/: an argument preceded by an identifier (e.g. name=)
> in a function call or passed as a value in a dictionary preceded by **."
>
> As far as I'm concerned, this leads to some ambiguity in
> whether the keys of the mapping need to be valid identifiers or
> not.
I don't see any ambiguity. A keyword argument is an argument
preceded by an identifier according to the definition. Where are
you perceiving wiggle room?
--
Neil Cerutti
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