# test calling a function with *tuple and **dict def f(a, b, c, d): print(a, b, c, d) f(*(1, 2), **{'c':3, 'd':4}) f(*(1, 2), **{['c', 'd'][i]:(3 + i) for i in range(2)}) try: eval("f(**{'a': 1}, *(2, 3, 4))") except SyntaxError: print("SyntaxError") # test calling a method with *tuple and **dict class A: def f(self, a, b, c, d): print(a, b, c, d) a = A() a.f(*(1, 2), **{'c':3, 'd':4}) a.f(*(1, 2), **{['c', 'd'][i]:(3 + i) for i in range(2)}) try: eval("a.f(**{'a': 1}, *(2, 3, 4))") except SyntaxError: print("SyntaxError")