Nick Coghlan wrote: > Ron Adam wrote: > >>I wonder if you make '*' work outside of functions arguments lists, if >>requests to do the same for '**' would follow? > > > Only if keyword unpacking were to be permitted elsewhere first. That is: > > Py> data = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3) > Py> (a, b, c) = **data > Py> print a, b, c > (1, 2, 3) > > Cheers, > Nick. > This gets too weird, though. What about:
(a, **d) = **data Should this be equivalent to a = 1 d = dict(b=2, c=3) ? Basically I suspect we are heading towards the outer limits here. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ _______________________________________________ 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
