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Author	gangesmaster
Recipients	gangesmaster
Date	2008-06-27.19:17:45
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Message-id	<1214594266.45.0.948323179256.issue3219@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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under python 2.5 (and possibly 2.6 beta), the following code runs successfully: >>> def f(**kwargs): ... print kwargs ... >>> f(a=5,b=7,a=8) {'a': 8, 'b': 7} while in python 2.4, it fails as expected (complaining that "a" is given twice") http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-June/080782.html

under python 2.5 (and possibly 2.6 beta), the following code runs
successfully:

>>> def f(**kwargs):
...     print kwargs
...
>>> f(a=5,b=7,a=8)
{'a': 8, 'b': 7}

while in python 2.4, it fails as expected (complaining that "a" is given
twice")

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-June/080782.html

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2008-06-27 19:17:46	gangesmaster	set	spambayes_score: 0.000443111 -> 0.000443111 messageid: <1214594266.45.0.948323179256.issue3219@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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