[issue2613] inconsistency with bare * in parameter list

Guido van Rossum added the comment: I promise you it's not necessary in that example. Leaving out the '*' has the same effect as what you intend there. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue2613] inconsistency with bare * in parameter list

vitorg added the comment: Here is example where it's necessary, but still raising an error: >>> def my_method(self, *, **kwargs): ... pass ... File "", line 1 SyntaxError: named arguments must follow bare * -- nosy: +vitorg ___ Python tracker

[issue2613] inconsistency with bare * in parameter list

Buck Golemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: /agree ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscri

[issue2613] inconsistency with bare * in parameter list

Terry J. Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Rationale for banning f(*,**k): it could represent a bug (intended bare name(s) omitted) that should be flagged, a lack of clear understanding of the redundancy, or a somewhat unPythonic stylistic preference for useless redundancy. I consider

[issue2613] inconsistency with bare * in parameter list

Buck Golemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: If there's no difference then they should work the same? I agree there's probably little value in 'fixing' it. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue2613] inconsistency with bare * in parameter list

Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I see it differently. The rule is simply that if you use a bare * you *must* follow it with at least one argument (that's not **k). This makes sense since otherwise the * is redundant. Think about it; there is nothing different between de

[issue2613] inconsistency with bare * in parameter list

New submission from Mark Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: A bare * in a parameter list behaves differently depending on what follows it: Py30a4: >>> def f(*, a=1, b=2): return 1 >>> def g(*, **kwargs): return 1 SyntaxError: named arguments must follow bare * (, line 1) I don't know if this is