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Keyword Args & Immutability

Keyword Args & Immutability

Using Python's keyword args and immutability with Transcrypt.

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Keyword arguments

By default, unpacking keyword arguments with **kwargs in a function does not work out of the box in Transcrypt. This is because it would lead to bloated code when it gets transpiled to JavaScript. Fortunately, Transcrypt provides us with a compiler directive that will selectively enable that feature for just when it’s needed. Here is a simple example:

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# __pragma__('kwargs')
def test_function(**kwargs):
    for key, val in kwargs.items():
        print(key, ":", val)
        
# __pragma__('nokwargs')

So, we basically just have to wrap our function that uses **kwargs in the __pragma__ compiler directives to turn it on, then turn it off again. Transcrypt will then make sure that the function is transpiled into JavaScript with that capability enabled.

If we do try and use **kwargs without the __pragma__ compiler directives, we might see an error similar to this in the web browser console at runtime:

ReferenceError: kwargs is not defined
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