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Dict Unpacking in Python

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101 points _ZeD_ | 2 comments | 08 Jul 25 16:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.012s | source
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nikisweeting ◴[12 Jul 25 04:08 UTC] No.44539220[source]▶
I would donate $500 to the PSF tomorrow if they added this, the lack of it is daily pain
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almostgotcaught ◴[12 Jul 25 04:13 UTC] No.44539245[source]▶
you can't do this consistently across all cases without compiler assistance (see https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-03-pattern-syntax.html or https://peps.python.org/pep-0636/#matching-builtin-classes linked below).
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nikisweeting ◴[12 Jul 25 04:54 UTC] No.44539403[source]▶
perfect is enemy of good imo, dict destructuring is so valuable that I'm willing to bend some rules / add some rules to make it possible. can't we just copy whatever JS does?
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1. skeledrew ◴[12 Jul 25 05:13 UTC] No.44539489{3}[source]▶
If it's that valuable to you personally you can use that project to remove your "daily pain". No need to inflict the pain caused by such a thing being present in official Python. Some of us like for the language to remain highly readable.
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2. notpushkin ◴[12 Jul 25 13:13 UTC] No.44541852[source]▶
> you can use that project

It’s not meant for production use. Quite clearly so: https://github.com/asottile/dict-unpacking-at-home#please-do...