Python keyword args can be any string

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 06:55 pm, Mark Lawrence wrote:

> On 18/02/2016 05:42, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> Today I learned that **kwargs style keyword arguments can be any string:
>>
>> py> def test(**kw):
>> ...     print(kw)
>> ...
>> py> kwargs = {'abc-def': 42, '': 23, '---': 999, '123': 17}
>> py> test(**kwargs)
>> {'': 23, '123': 17, '---': 999, 'abc-def': 42}
>>
>> Bug or feature?
>>
> 
> I'm not sure, but what on earth got you to this in the first place?


A work colleague wanted to pass an argument starting with "-" to a function.

Apparently he didn't have a specific argument in mind. He just wanted to
test the function to breaking point by passing invalid argument names.


-- 
Steven