[Python-Dev] Generalizing *args and **kwargs (original) (raw)

Gustavo Niemeyer gustavo at niemeyer.net
Wed Feb 15 13:35:52 CET 2006

I've been thinking about generalization of the *args/**kwargs syntax for quite a while, and even though I'm pretty sure Guido (and many people) will consider it overgeneralization, I am finally going to suggest it. This whole idea is not something dear to my heart, although I obviously would like to see it happen. If the general vote is 'no', I'll write a small PEP or add it to PEP 13 and be done with it.

A PEP would be great, even if not accepted. At least we'll have it discussed in a single place and avoid rediscussing it everytime someone figures out it's a nice idea. Have a look for the subject "Extending tuple unpacking" in the mailing list for a recent discussion on the topic.

-- Gustavo Niemeyer http://niemeyer.net

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