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Sat Apr 17 14:41:03 CEST 2010 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-April/099482.html

Steve Holden <steve <at> holdenweb.com> writes:

> I'm sure we wouldn't want to go so far as to inhibit this. (Py 3.1)
> 
> >>> def f(**kwargs):
> ...   kwargs[1] = "dummy"
> ...   print(kwargs)
> ...
> >>> f(this="Guido", that="Raymond", the_other="Steve")
> {'this': 'Guido', 1: 'dummy', 'the_other': 'Steve', 'that': 'Raymond'}

I think that according to the proposal, the above snippet would be OK, but

def f(**kwargs):
    kwargs[1] = 'dummy'
    g(**kwargs)

would fail at the call of g.

Regards,

Vinay Sajip

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