On 9/12/06, JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > class Form(object):
> > fields = {} # This gets filled with field names and data types.
> > def bind(self, **kwargs):
> > "Returns a BoundForm instance for the given kwargs."
> > return BoundForm(self, kwargs)
>
> What's the rationale for using **kwargs instead of a single data
> parameter? I think there are two big advantages to a single parameter
> vs. kwargs: first, there are legal form field names that aren't legal
> python identifiers, and second, it lets you use anything dict-like as a
> form data source -- with the natural next step of a ModelForm that
> takes a model instance as its bind parameter.
Open-source software development is awesome. Thanks for making this
fantastic point!
Adrian
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