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Re: Non-identifiers in dictionary keys for **expression syntax

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On 05/23/2013 03:20 PM, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> On 2013-05-23, Matthew Gilson <m.gilson1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> That's fine, but what is a keyword argument?  According to the glossary
>> (http://docs.python.org/3.3/glossary.html):
>>
>> /"keyword argument/: an argument preceded by an identifier (e.g. name=)
>> in a function call or passed as a value in a dictionary preceded by **."
>>
>> As far as I'm concerned, this leads to some ambiguity in
>> whether the keys of the mapping need to be valid identifiers or
>> not.
> I don't see any ambiguity. A keyword argument is an argument
> preceded by an identifier according to the definition. Where are
> you perceiving wiggle room?
>
The wiggle room comes from the "or passed as a value in a dictionary" 
clause.  We sort of get caught in a infinite loop there because the 
stuff that can be passed in a dictionary is a keyword which is an 
identifer=expression or something passed as a value in a dictionary ...

Also the fact that:

      func(**{"foo bar baz":1})

works even though `foo bar baz` isn't a valid identifier, but:

      func(**{1:3})

doesn't work.

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Non-identifiers in dictionary keys for **expression syntax Matthew Gilson <m.gilson1@gmail.com> - 2013-05-23 14:52 -0400
  Re: Non-identifiers in dictionary keys for **expression syntax Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-05-23 19:20 +0000
    Re: Non-identifiers in dictionary keys for **expression syntax Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-05-23 12:37 -0700
    Re: Non-identifiers in dictionary keys for **expression syntax Matthew Gilson <m.gilson1@gmail.com> - 2013-05-23 16:49 -0400

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