+1 on the idea, -1 on the syntax. i'm probably not a very skilled developer
but i have found myself repeating variable names often enough that i've
felt annoyed by it.
alex hall's syntax suggested syntax seems nice. would be fun to be able to
write:
>>> a=1
>>> b=2
>>> dict(*, a, b)
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}
> I think this is still pretty clear:
>
> self.do_something(positional, *, keyword, keyword1=somethingelse,
> keyword2)
>
> but if you don't like that you can easily add a restriction that no
> explicit keywords are allowed after *, so:
>
> self.do_something(positional, keyword1=somethingelse, *, keyword2,
> keyword)
>
One note about that: since kwarg dictionaries are now officially ordered,
it would be a little bit of a problem to disallow this:
def f(*args, **kwargs):
pass
f(pos1, pos2, *, kw1, kw2, kw3=other)
...and require this instead:
f(pos1, pos2, kw3=other, *, kw1, kw2)
...because then the syntax is forcing the order in the **kwargs dictionary
to change. now you can't use the feature at all if the order is important.
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