[Tutor] understanding **kwargs syntax

[Alan Gauld]

On 08/09/11 11:10, John wrote:
> Following up on this...
>
> Why does pylint seem to think it is a bad idea?
>
> Description	Resource	Path	Location	Type
> ID:W0142 plot_ts_array_split_x: Used * or **
> magic	tsplot.py	/research.plot	line 299	PyLint Problem

I assume because it is a bad idea in most cases. If you know what the 
arguments are going to be then specify them. Otherwise you can get all 
sorts of rubbish being passed in that you have to figure out how to deal 
with. That's never a good place to be.

But occasionally you have to do things that are less than ideal.
And *args/**kwargs are useful in those situations, just don't
use them unless you have to.

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Alan G
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