apply for keywords
XiaoQin Xia
XQ.Xia at ccsr.cam.ac.uk
Wed Jul 11 13:32:22 EDT 2001
Why not write as:
>>> apply(foo,(),{"bar":1})
Cheers,
Xiao-Qin Xia
Curtis Jensen wrote:
>
> Can you use "apply" to pass keywords? If so, what is the syntax?
>
> ie:
> Python 1.5.2 (#4, Sep 5 2000, 10:29:12) [C] on irix646
> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> def foo( bar = None ):
> ... if bar != None:
> ... print 'ok'
> ... else:
> ... print 'not ok'
> ...
> >>> apply( foo, [bar = 1] )
> File "<stdin>", line 1
> apply( foo, [bar = 1] )
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>> apply( foo, bar = 1 )
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: this function takes no keyword arguments
> >>> apply(foo, (bar = 1) )
> File "<stdin>", line 1
> apply(foo, (bar = 1) )
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>>
>
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> Curtis Jensen
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