setup(**config); rookie

Mon May 28 09:30:48 EDT 2012

cate wrote:
> I going thru a 101 and came upon this (http://
> learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex46.html)
>> try:
> from setuptools import setup
> except ImportError:
> from distutils.core import setup
>> config = {
> 'description': 'My Project',
> 'author': 'My Name',
> 'url': 'URL to get it at.',
> 'download_url': 'Where to download it.',
> 'author_email': 'My email.',
> 'version': '0.1',
> 'install_requires': ['nose'],
> 'packages': ['NAME'],
> 'scripts': [],
> 'name': 'projectname'
> }
>> setup(**config)
>> What is the construct **?
>> Thank you
>Hi,
See 
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html#more-on-defining-functions
4.7.4. Unpacking Argument Lists
Cheers,
JM