Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I think that the simpler signature is better, that the None argument isn't clear, and that there aren't use cases that warrant and API churn.
On your last post, I seemed that you were withdrawing the request. Can this tracker item be closed now? ---------- assignee: -> rhettinger components: +Extension Modules versions: +Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28593> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com