> You can pass a hash (dictionary) to represent kwargs in Python. Eh, sure but you need to explicitly pass the dict as a kwarg with a double-asterisk, or else

> You can pass a hash (dictionary) to represent kwargs in Python. Eh, sure but you need to explicitly pass the dict as a kwarg with a double-asterisk, or else it's just a normal positional parameter. In Ruby prior to 2.0, there is no formal concept of kwargs, so there is no distinction between passing a Hash as the last positional parameter and passing kwargs. This is the root problem, and I look forward to it going away when everyone moves to 2.0.