[issue28381] Add a "starcaller" function

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: This was discussed on Python-Ideas back in July: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2016-July/041153.html I don't recall any opposition, although Nick suggested that possibly a better idea was to resurrect the `apply` built-in into functools: htt

[issue28381] Add a "starcaller" function

Changes by Ned Deily : -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python

[issue28381] Add a "starcaller" function

Mariatta Wijaya added the comment: Hi Josh, I think python ideas mailing list might have been a better venue for this. https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas -- nosy: +Mariatta ___ Python tracker __

[issue28381] Add a "starcaller" function

New submission from Josh Rosenberg: Not sure if this is the right venue to propose this, but I'd like to propose adding a starcaller method to the standard library, either functools or operator (not sure if the proposal is more like partial or more like methodcaller). Basically, right now, wh