On 10/25/21 6:54 AM, Eric V. Smith wrote:
> On 10/25/2021 8:26 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> If it's done with syntax, it can have special behaviour. If it looks
>> like a function call (or class constructor), it doesn't look like it
>> has special behaviour.
>
> This has been mentioned before, but I'll say it again: It doesn't need to be
syntax in the sense of non-ascii
> characters, it could be a (soft) keyword:
>
> def process_files(processor, files=deferred os.listdir(DEFAULT_DIR)):
I agree. My two favorite bike-shed colors are
- `deferred` soft keyword
- @ in the front
Both options make it much clearer that something special is happening, whilst all of the in-the-middle options can be
easily missed.
--
~Ethan~
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