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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 14:10:39 +1000
Subject: Re: Why this code works in python3, but not python 2:
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Maciej Dziardziel <fiedzia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Out of curiosity: Does anyone know why the code below is valid in python3, but not python2:
>
> def foo(*args, bar=1, **kwargs):
>     pass

Keyword-only arguments are (IIRC) a Py3-only feature. There are lots
of features that don't work in Python 2 - that's simply the way things
happen with old versions of software.

ChrisA