>
> And now Lisp bites me, because '::a' means ...
>
And a single colon also means something else in Lisp.
Does it matter much what that notation means in a different language?
Python will struggle to evolve if it can't conflict with other languages.
I myself am rarely annoyed by this issue, with
> the single exception of "self.foo = foo" in __init__() defs (which
> can't be handled by these notations).
>
It can be handled:
```
self.__dict__.update(**, foo, bar, spam)
```
or
```
self.__dict__.update({::foo, ::bar, ::spam})
```
Alternatively, this is a utility function that I use sometimes:
```
def setattrs(obj, **kwargs):
"""
>>> data = SimpleNamespace()
>>> setattrs(data, a=1, b=2) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
namespace(a=1, b=2)
"""
for key, value in kwargs.items():
setattr(obj, key, value)
return obj
```
And here is some actual code of mine using it:
```
setattrs(cls,
text=text,
program=program,
messages=messages,
hints=hints)
```
which could instead be written
```
setattrs(cls, **, text, program, messages, hints)
```
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