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Wed Apr 18 18:34:36 CEST 2007 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-April/072660.html

Alexander Belopolsky schrieb:
> Python allows arbitrary sequences after * in calls, but an expression
> following ** must be a (subclass of) dict.  I believe * and ** should
> be treated similarly and since f(*UserList(..)) is valid,
> f(**UserDict(..)) should be valid as well.
> 
> Of course, I can work around this limitation by writing
> f(**dict(UserDict(..))), but this is unnatural given that I don't have
> to do f(*tuple(UserList(..))).
> 
> I have submitted a patch on SF that makes Python accept arbitrary
> mappings after **.

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Georg

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[Python-Dev] Proposal: Allow any mapping after ** in calls