> On 27 Apr 2020, at 16:01, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > > On 04/27/2020 05:09 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 07:48:10PM -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: > >>> How many beginners know they want to call a function only once? >> More than the number who know about LRU caches. >> Ethan, are you objecting to a self-descriptive name because it is too >> confusing for beginners and lru_cache isn't? Because that's the argument >> you seem to be defending. > > I'm objecting to using "beginners" as the basis for name choices for advanced > topics. > > Aside from that, `once` is a fine name. I'm sure it means that a function > can only be defined once, and subsequent definitions will either be ignored > or raise, right? > > >>> @once > ... def my_unique_function(...): > ... do_something_cool() > ... > >>> def something_else(): > ... pass > ... > >>> def my_unique_function(...): > ... # uh oh, duplicate! > ... > RuntimeError - duplicate function name detected >
That needs a linter to spot ai think. Or are you saying that once could be interested to mean I cannot do that 2nd def? Barry > -- > ~Ethan~ > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/VD7ZSMAGG2BHDAFJ2M7GME2TIPFA25C7/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/46Y3L5EW5NDBTNFMPLCTTAXULMQUBMHY/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
