On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Scott Dial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brett Cannon wrote: >> >> Taking a new argument that has a default shouldn't be an issue. +1 >> from me. I assume it is just going to start the count at that number, >> not advance the iterable to that point, right? > > I wonder if it would be best for it to be a keyword-only argument. So > many of the utility functions on iterables are foo(*iterables) that I > might be inclined to think enumerate(foo, bar) is equivalent to > enumerate(chain(foo, bar)), but enumerate(foo, start=bar) is pretty > obvious. And if you consider that the enumeration is prepended to the > values of foo, enumerate(foo, bar) is "backwards." Just saying.. >
Sure, making it 'start' or something and having it be keyword-only makes sense. -Brett _______________________________________________ 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
