[C++-sig] Re: calling python method using keywords

[Stefan Seefeld]

David Abrahams wrote:

>>what's wrong with a version of 'call' like
>>
>>object call(const tuple &t, const dict &d);
>>
>>?
> 
> 
> It doesn't take a callable object?

oh, definitely, sorry. Make that

object call(object o, const tuple &t=tuple(), const dict &d=dict());

with default arguments as in python...

I suggested const refs for the arguments because I can see one
usage where they are passed as temporaries:

object a1 = ...;
object a2 = ...;

object callable;

object retn = call(callable, tuple(a1, a2))

Does this make sense ?

(with that a new overloaded 'operator()' could be
added to the object_operators interface with the
appropriate signature)

Regards,
		Stefan