Baptiste Carvello <de...@baptiste-carvello.net> added the comment: Le 18/11/2011 05:29, Terry J. Reedy a écrit : > > In the following, I give objections to this PO (position only) rule and > suggest an alternative ND (no default) rule: use 'name=default' when there is > a default and '[name]' when there is not'. > > The issue of whether an argument is required or optional is orthogonal to > whether it can be passed by both position and name, only by name, or only by > position.
With this logic, you would need to use '[name=default]' when an argument is optional *and* can be passed by name. Sure, this notation is inherently redundant, but is has the advantage of conveying both informations immediately to the user. It is also more coherent with '[name]'. But this is a big change from the current philosophy... ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13386> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
