Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> fn(1, 2, 3)
> fn(1, 2, 3, cmp=lambda x, y: y-x)
> fn(1, 2, 3, cpm=lambda x, y: y-x) # TypeError on this
I assume these are your specs.
> or is the "proper python" way simply this:
>
> def fn(*values, **options):
> if "cmp" in options: comparison = options["cmp"]
> else: comparison = cmp
> # rest of function here
>
> and thus ignoring the wrong parameter names?
Errors should not pass silently, unless explicitly silenced.
So, I would code:
def fn(*values, **opts):
cmp = opts.pop('cmp', cmp)
if opts: raise ValueError, 'Unknown option(s): %s' % opts.keys()
# rest of function here
There are some cases where ignoring extra options, or just warning about
them, may be more appropriate, but normally I would check...
Alex
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