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Re: Python keyword args can be any string

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On 18/02/2016 05:42, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Today I learned that **kwargs style keyword arguments can be any string:
>
> py> def test(**kw):
> ...     print(kw)
> ...
> py> kwargs = {'abc-def': 42, '': 23, '---': 999, '123': 17}
> py> test(**kwargs)
> {'': 23, '123': 17, '---': 999, 'abc-def': 42}
>
> Bug or feature?
>

I'm not sure, but what on earth got you to this in the first place?

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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Python keyword args can be any string Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-18 16:42 +1100
  Re: Python keyword args can be any string Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-02-18 16:57 +1100
  Re: Python keyword args can be any string Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-18 16:59 +1100
  Re: Python keyword args can be any string Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-02-18 01:31 -0500
  Re: Python keyword args can be any string Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-02-18 07:55 +0000
    Re: Python keyword args can be any string Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-19 11:03 +1100
      Re: Python keyword args can be any string Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-02-19 11:58 +1100
  Re: Python keyword args can be any string Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-02-19 03:41 -0800

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