On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 at 17:03, Cameron Simpson via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > On 08Feb2024 12:21, tony.fl...@btinternet.com <tony.fl...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > >I know that mappings by default support the ** operator, to unpack the > >mapping into key word arguments. > > > >Has it been considered implementing a dunder method for the ** > >operator so you could unpack an object into a key word argument, and > >the developer could choose which keywords would be generated (or could > >even generate 'virtual' attributes). > > Can you show us why you think that would look like in code? > > Note that Python already has `a ** b` to raise `a` to the power of `b`, > and it has a bunder method `__pow__` which you can define.
I presume this is more like: obj = SomeObject() func(**obj) ie making the object behave in a dict-like way. I can't remember how this is implemented, but you can create the necessary methods to have your object produce whatever it likes. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
