Jim Jewett <jimjjewett <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> On 4/22/06, Talin <talin <at> acm.org> wrote:
> > Here's a condensed list of the open issues that have been raised by people
> > so far:
>
> I'm not sure whether this was raised explicitly, but Ian at least
> mentioned it: Are they keys to the dictionary in some way restricted?
>
> For instance, I think it would be reasonable to say that only valid
> names (or possibly expressions starting with a valid name) would be
> looked up in the dictionary, as a way of explaining why {0} means
> position zero, rather than dict['0'].
Think 'keyword arguments', not 'dict keys'. You can't call a function with '0'
as a keyword.
-- Talin
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