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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: 0.001s | 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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1. IshKebab ◴[12 Jul 25 07:42 UTC] No.44540127[source]▶
You shouldn't be using dicts for data that you know the name of anyway - use dataclasses or named tuples. Dicts are best for things with keys that are not known at compile time.
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2. IgorPartola ◴[12 Jul 25 13:10 UTC] No.44541834[source]▶
Since when can you use data classes for kwargs? There are plenty of times when you should use a dict even if you know the keys.