this is almost a workaround for the lack of named parameters
John Colvin
john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com
Fri Mar 22 14:41:45 PDT 2013
On Friday, 22 March 2013 at 21:29:46 UTC, foobar wrote:
> On Friday, 22 March 2013 at 21:10:27 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
>> On Friday, 22 March 2013 at 20:04:14 UTC, foobar wrote:
>
>>> WTF? What do kwargs have to do with programming? Sounds more
>>> like a half-Klingon & half-Ferengi species to me.
>>
>> kwargs = keyword arguments
>>
>> It's a common naming convention in python, as exemplified in
>> matplotlib.
>
> That was meant more as a rhetorical question rather than a real
> one.
> Yes, I guessed the meaning by the surrounding context but
> nevertheless it was a major WAT while skimming the post. Also,
> Who the fuck cares whats common in Python? I was reading and
> replying on the *D* NG, was I not?
Kwarg seems a reasonable name, consistent with a pre-existing
convention. Please suggest a better alternative if you have one.
I must admit I'm bemused by your level of aggression over what
appears to be a trivial matter.
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