I've found a note about this from Guido back in 2000: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/thread/BIAEXJPSO4ZSUAEKYHGHSOIULSMV3CYK/#HURE3EIQLNHVSMTUSUHGCQF5IGIN7XVE Not sure if it went anywhere back then.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 4:27 PM Ben Avrahami <avrahami....@gmail.com> wrote: > consider the following function: > def foo(a,b,c,x): > pass > > The following calls are equivalent: > foo(1,2,3, x=0) > foo(*(1,2,3), x=0) > However, since python allows keyword arguments before star-unpacking, you > can also do: > foo(x=0, *(1, 2, 3)) > But removing the unpacking, would result in a syntax error: > foo(x=0, 1, 2, 3) > This is against the understanding of unpacking, is this intentional? > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/L5TYF3FRT6VLOKAQBVAQ6AQTLFHAX3WM/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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