On 2019-02-09, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > '/' is no uglier than, and directly analogous to, and as easy to produce > and comprehend, as '*'. It was selected after considerable discussion > of how to indicate that certain parameters are, at least in CPython, > positional only. The discussion of options included at least some of > those given above. It is very unlikely to go away or be changed.
Ok, but what does it *mean*? As an aside, how is 'math.sin' actually implemented? mathmodule.c refers to the function 'math_sin' but that name is not defined anywhere in the Python source code. I'm a bit mystified as to how CPython manages to compile! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list