On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:25:58 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Jan Kaliszewski <z...@chopin.edu.pl> wrote: > > I think that seeing that: > > > > =A0 =A0def f(a, b): ... > > =A0 =A0def f(a, *, b): ... > > =A0 =A0def f(a, *args, b): ... > > =A0 =A0x(1, 2, 3, 4, z=3D5) > > =A0 =A0x(1, *(2,3,4), z=3D5) > > As per the closure of the affected tickets, the likely outcome of such > a discussion would be the deprecation and subsequent removal of > support for the following two options: > > def f(a, b,): ... > x(1, 2, 3, 4, z=3D5,): ... > > Function arguments are not lists. Even when separated onto multiple > lines, the closing "):" should remain on the final line with other > content. > > That would be a lot of hassle to get rid of something that people > probably aren't doing in the first place, though.
Counter examples from google code search: http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#copo3dCwf5E/django/utils/simplejson/encoder.py&q=^\s*\):&sa=N&cd=5&ct=rc (also appears in json in the stdlib) http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#algXCqBNNP0/vendor/python-clientform/ClientForm.py&q=^\ *\):&sa=N&cd=3&ct=rc (class def) http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#KT-ZlRkUunU/trunk/code/output/ExprParser.py&q=def\(.*,\s\):&sa=N&cd=2&ct=rc http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#XnG7n8Mjf2s/GoogleSearch.py&q=def\(.*,\s\):&sa=N&cd=3&ct=rc http://www.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#MokQ50OeeyU/src/python/ndogen/parser/matlab/parser.py&q=def\(.*,\s\):&sa=N&cd=5&ct=rc Not many, granted, but not zero, either, and I'm sure there are lots more out there[*]. I do especially like the fact that there is one in the stdlib :) It seems like the status quo is fine. I wouldn't object to it being made more consistent. I would object to removing the existing cases. -- R. David Murray www.bitdance.com [*] code search's response to various regexes was somewhat surprising; expressions I thought should have been supersets resulted in fewer hits. Nor could I think of a way to search for function invocations ending with a comma. Then again, I usually make lots of mistakes with regexes. _______________________________________________ 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