I checked how Python handles kwarg passing, and it only allows dictionaries with string keys.

I think a good solution for my lang would be to permit passing kwargs with generic, immutable dictionaries whose keys are either keywords, symbols, or strings.

> whose keys are either keywords, symbols, or strings why?

It’s easy to convert symbols and strings into keywords with predictable results, so I think allowing them as keys in a “kwarg dictionary” would make the process of kwarg passing a little more convenient.

I don’t know if that’s a good argument.

I can’t recall a time I actually wanted to pass a dictionary of keyword arguments along.

though I do think there are uses for it

Using a kwarg dictionary is just a way of abstracting over keyword-apply.

The called procedure doesn’t actually get a dictionary, it just receives the keyword arguments normally.

have you seen the arguments package I made? http://docs.racket-lang.org/arguments/\|docs.racket-lang.org/arguments/

Hm, that does make manipulating arguments for wrappers and whatnot easier.

Also, silly me, I just found https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/dicts.html?q=keyword-apply#%28def._%28%28lib._racket%2Fdict..rkt%29._keyword-apply%2Fdict%29%29\|keyword-apply/dict

thank @alexknauth for that one :)