On 3/22/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can we move this to c.l.py or python-ideas? I don't think it has any > bearing on the decision on whether object.__init__() or > object.__new__() should reject excess arguments. Or if it does I've > lost the connection through the various long articles.
It's about use-cases involving what object.__init__() does. However, as it supports the decision that has been already made, you are right in that it no longer belongs on python-dev. I'll move further replies somewhere else. > I also would like to ask Mr. Olsen to tone down his rhetoric a bit. > There's nothing unpythonic about designing an API using positional > arguments. Again, I apologize for that. But the unpythonic comment referred only to providing an assortment of unobvious choices, rather than a single obvious one (perhaps with specialty options rarely used). It was not in reference to my previous argument against positional arguments. -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
