function(**dict) does not accept comma after dict (inside parenthese)

[gst]

BPO	24600
Nosy	@bitdancer, @gst
Superseder	bpo-9232: Allow trailing comma in any function argument list.

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title = 'function(**dict) does not accept comma after dict (inside parenthese)'
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[gst]

Consider following:

Python 3.4.0 (default, Jun 19 2015, 14:20:21)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux

>> def f(**kw): pass

>> f(a=1 , )
>> # ok

>> f(**{'a': 1} )
>> # ok

>> # but :

>>> f(**{'a': 1} , )
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> 

shouldn't the last form be also allowed as is the first one ??

if it is: Could I personnaly handle this fix ? I'd be very proud to bring (even such a low impact problem) my own stone to Python :)

Kind regards.

[bitdancer]

This is a duplicate of bpo-9232, which has a patch. The question is getting agreement to apply it...it sounds like your service in this regard could be bringing it up on python-ideas; please read that issue through and see if you agree.