[Python-3000] PEP3102 Keyword-Only Arguments (original) (raw)

Jim Jewett jimjjewett at gmail.com
Sun Aug 13 05:56:15 CEST 2006


On 8/11/06, Jiwon Seo <seojiwon at gmail.com> wrote:

When we have keyword-only arguments, do we allow 'keyword dictionary' argument? If that's the case, where would we want to place keyword-only arguments?

Are we going to allow any of followings?

1. def foo(a, b, *, key1=None, key2=None, **map)

Seems perfectly reasonable.

I think the controversy was over whether or not to allow keyword-only without a default.

2. def foo(a, b, *, **map, key1=None, key2=None)

Seems backward, though I suppose we could adjust if we needed to.

3. def foo(a, b, *, **map)

What would the * even mean, since there aren't any named keywords to separate?

-jJ



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