kj <no.em...@please.post> writes: [...] > def quant(xs, nlevels=MAXN, xlim=MAXX): [...] > My Java implementation of it already requires at least 8 method > definitions, with signatures:
(BTW, your approach won't work if several optionals have the same type.) [...] - use Integer, Float, etc. everywhere. The compiler will box primitive types as needed at call sites - re. default values (on positional params), use null to indicate a use of the default, or use ellipsis, or use class-provided static fields at call sites, or use a special class to represent all the optional parameters - re. named parameters with default, use a map, or change the call sites to remove them -- Alain. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
