Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> added the comment:
In Python3.10, "optional arguments" has been replaced with "options". We didn't backport the change because it risks breaking tests that rely on exact string matches. Also, it was really a bug, it was just an unfortunate choice of words. "Optional arguments" meant to say that it was one of the -x or --fullword style arguments which are called options, so they really are "optional arguments" as opposed to "positional arguments". Unfortunately, the most obvious reading of "optional arguments" is as the opposite of "required arguments" which is not what was meant. ---------- nosy: +rhettinger resolution: -> out of date stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue45224> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
