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unnecessary-dict-kwargs (PIE804)#

Derived from the flake8-pie linter.

Fix is sometimes available.

What it does#

Checks for unnecessary dict kwargs.

Why is this bad?#

If the dict keys are valid identifiers, they can be passed as keyword arguments directly.

Example#

def foo(bar):
    return bar + 1


print(foo(**{"bar": 2}))  # prints 3

Use instead:

def foo(bar):
    return bar + 1


print(foo(bar=2))  # prints 3

References#