pre-PEP: Suite-Based Keywords

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Brian Sabbey wrote:
> Here is a pre-PEP for what I call "suite-based keyword arguments". The 
> mechanism described here is intended to act as a complement to thunks. 
> Please let me know what you think.
> 
> Suite-Based Keyword Arguments
> -----------------------------
> 
> Passing complicated arguments to functions is currently awkward in Python. 
> For example, the typical way to define a class property winds up polluting 
> the class's namespace with the property's get/set methods.  By allowing 
> keyword arguments to be defined in a suite following a function call, 
> complicated arguments can be passed in a cleaner, easier way.
> 
> Examples
> ========
> 
> Using suite-based keyword arguments, the code
> 
> f(x = 1)
> 
> is equivalent to
> 
> f():
>     x = 1

Pretty cool, but it interferes with current suites.

How would you write

if f(x=1):
    print "yes"

using suite-based keyword args?

Reinhold