Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.chainon-marquant.org!news-transit.tcx.org.uk!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.128 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.75; '*S*': 0.00; 'contrary,': 0.16; 'received:192.168.0.11': 0.16; 'subject:syntax': 0.16; 'sorry,': 0.29; 'spelling': 0.30; 'minor': 0.32; 'pointing': 0.32; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'decide': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'symbol': 0.34; 'rest': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'but': 0.37; 'received:192': 0.37; 'received:192.168.0': 0.38; 'put': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'affraid': 0.84 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:08:04 +0100 From: Eelco Hoogendoorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Verbose and flexible args and kwargs syntax Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: undef - spam scanning disabled X-CanIt-Geo: ip=62.195.53.63; country=NL; region=07; city=Amsterdam; latitude=52.3500; longitude=4.9167; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.3500,4.9167&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: auth (inherits from default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 145.18.40.181 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 6 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1323684468 news.xs4all.nl 6923 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:44415 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:17027 > On the contrary, it is a major point. Sorry, but im affraid it is up to ME to decide which point I feel are important. No, this is a minor point to me, and one that has been admirably put to rest by pointing out that spelling out the name of the symbol in google directly leads you to the information you are looking for.