a question on the new dict() keyword argument syntax

[Raymond Hettinger]

"Oktay Safak" <oktaysafak at ixir.com> wrote in message
news:722261f9.0308011501.48263391 at posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> Is there an equivalent keyword argument syntax for these cases:
>
> d1 = {1:"one"}
>
> d2 = {"1":"one"}
>
> these don't work, of course:
>
> >>> a = dict(1 = "one")
> SyntaxError: keyword can't be an expression
>
> >>> a = dict("1" = "one")
> SyntaxError: keyword can't be an expression

As you discovered, there is no equivalent.  The new
syntax is limited to strings that are valid identifiers
(variable names).


Raymond Hettinger