> > > make_person(=name, =age, =phone, =location) > > > > And even with Terry's use case quoted I can't make out what you meant > > that to do. > > I meant it to do the same thing as > > make_person(name=name, age=age, phone=phone, location=location) > > I come across use cases for this fairly frequently, usually > when I have an __init__ method that supplies default values > for a bunch of arguments, and then wants to pass them on to
Me too! I would have thought that the one obvious way to get rid of the wanky feeling would have been to write: def make_person(name, age, phone, location): ... make_person(name, age, phone, location) IMHO, keyword arguments are often overused like that. Many times they don't improve readability any more than naming your variables sensibly do. No, I have not studied how my API:s are used (and how they evolve) over a longer period of time. -- mvh Björn _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
