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I don't think it has a name. In the Python Docs under "Unpacking Argument Lists", it's just referred to as "the **-operator."

I'm not sure what you mean by "the other" data structure. When you do f(**kwargs) you unpack the dictionary kwargs as a sequence of key-value pairs. I don't see that there's another structure involved.

I'll copy the example in the above documentation for clarity.

>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'): ... print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action, ... print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it.", ... print "E's", state, "!" ... >>> d = {"voltage": "four million", "state": "bleedin' demised", "action": "VOOM"} >>> parrot(**d) -- This parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it. E's bleedin' demised ! 

See also: What does *args and **kwargs mean?

I don't think it has a name. In the Python Docs under "Unpacking Argument Lists", it's just referred to as "the **-operator."

I'm not sure what you mean by "the other" data structure. When you do f(**kwargs) you unpack the dictionary kwargs as a sequence of key-value pairs. I don't see that there's another structure involved.

I'll copy the example in the above documentation for clarity.

>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'): ... print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action, ... print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it.", ... print "E's", state, "!" ... >>> d = {"voltage": "four million", "state": "bleedin' demised", "action": "VOOM"} >>> parrot(**d) -- This parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it. E's bleedin' demised ! 

See also: What does *args and **kwargs mean?

I don't think it has a name. In the Python Docs under "Unpacking Argument Lists", it just referred to as "the **-operator."

I'm not sure what you mean by "the other" data structure. When you do f(**kwargs) you unpack the dictionary kwargs as a sequence of key-value pairs. I don't see that there's another structure involved.

I'll copy the example in the above documentation for clarity.

>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'): ... print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action, ... print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it.", ... print "E's", state, "!" ... >>> d = {"voltage": "four million", "state": "bleedin' demised", "action": "VOOM"} >>> parrot(**d) -- This parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it. E's bleedin' demised ! 

See also: What does *args and **kwargs mean?

I don't think it has a name. In the Python Docs under "Unpacking Argument Lists", it's just referred to as "the **-operator."

I'm not sure what you mean by "the other" data structure. When you do f(**kwargs) you unpack the dictionary kwargs as a sequence of key-value pairs. I don't see that there's another structure involved.

I'll copy the example in the above documentation for clarity.

>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'): ... print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action, ... print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it.", ... print "E's", state, "!" ... >>> d = {"voltage": "four million", "state": "bleedin' demised", "action": "VOOM"} >>> parrot(**d) -- This parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it. E's bleedin' demised ! 

See also: What does *args and **kwargs mean?

I don't think it has a name. The Python Docs just refer to it as "the **-operator."

I'm not sure what you mean by "the other" data structure. When you do f(**kwargs) you unpack the dictionary kwargs as a sequence of key-value pairs. I don't see that there's another structure involved.

I'll copy the example in the above documentation for clarity.

>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'): ... print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action, ... print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it.", ... print "E's", state, "!" ... >>> d = {"voltage": "four million", "state": "bleedin' demised", "action": "VOOM"} >>> parrot(**d) -- This parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it. E's bleedin' demised ! 

See also http://stackoverflow.com/q/287085/817630

I don't think it has a name. In the Python Docs under "Unpacking Argument Lists", it just referred to as "the **-operator."

I'm not sure what you mean by "the other" data structure. When you do f(**kwargs) you unpack the dictionary kwargs as a sequence of key-value pairs. I don't see that there's another structure involved.

I'll copy the example in the above documentation for clarity.

>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'): ... print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action, ... print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it.", ... print "E's", state, "!" ... >>> d = {"voltage": "four million", "state": "bleedin' demised", "action": "VOOM"} >>> parrot(**d) -- This parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it. E's bleedin' demised ! 

See also: What does *args and **kwargs mean?