On Sep 4, 1:53 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:10:41 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote: > > Well I did a search on "Python variable length arguments" and found a > > hit that seems to explain the *fields parameter: > > > When you declare an argment to start with '*', it takes the argument > > list into an array. > > No it doesn't. > > >>> def test(*args): > > ... import array > ... assert type(args) is array.array, "Not an array" > ...>>> test(1, 2, 3) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "<stdin>", line 3, in test > AssertionError: Not an array
Oh, I forgot the context of the discussion! As you are well aware, my Python fork() (which I am now calling PIEthun 3.01 in beta and PIEthun 3000 upon release) has made a few changes. Tuples are known as arrays. Lists are known as uarrays (for updatable array) and the array module has been renamed to homo_uarray (homogenous_updatable_array was just too much typing). In the future I will be sure to specify the context of my statements - whether PIEthunic or Pythonic in nature. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
