Terry J. Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I consider the difference between builtin and def'ed functions to be something of an implementation wart -- one that I would like to see someday removed if sensibly possible. How is a beginner to know that the parameter names used in the docs and help() responses are not really parameter names?
In the meanwhile, I think something like the following in the doc would help: "(Note: an implementation may provide builtin functions whose positional parameters do not have names, even if they are 'named' for the purpose of documentation, and which therefore cannot be supplied by keyword.)" Also in the meanwhile, the OP can def-wrap builtins import builtins def abs(number): return builtins.abs(number) # but some like int require more care with its no-default option ---------- nosy: +tjreedy __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2677> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
