Hi, I'd like to reopen this discussion if anyone is interested. Some things have changed since I wrote my original proposal so I'll first summarize:
1. People seem to prefer the syntax `foo(=a)` over the syntax I suggested. I believe this is even more trivial to implement in CPython than my original proposal anyway... 2. I have updated my analysis tool: https://gist.github.com/boxed/610b2ba73066c96e9781aed7c0c0b25c It will now also give you statistics on the number of arguments function calls have. I would love to see some statistics for other closed source programs you might be working on and how big those code bases are. 3. I have made a sort-of implementation with MacroPy: https://github.com/boxed/macro-kwargs/blob/master/test.py I think this is a dead end, but it was easy to implement and fun to try! 4. I have also recently had the idea that a foo=foo type pattern could be handled in for example PyCharm as a code folding feature (and maybe as a completion feature). I still think that changing Pythons syntax is the right way to go in the long run but with point 4 above one could experience what this feature would feel like without running a custom version of Python and without changing your code. I admit to a lot of trepidation about wading into PyCharms code though, I have tried to do this once before and I gave up. Any thoughts? / Anders
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