> > > @alok > I guess I could have made the default base use the pattern that likage had > specified, but I was really just making it generic and then the usage of it > could specify that custom format. Maybe my docstrings clarified the usage > though? > > Justin > > It sure did. I would still maintain that in this particular case having a format code laid out in the default arguments definitely improves readability. Default arguments bound to get most focus, more than docstrings in case of functions/methods that are sometimes for no-good reason considered trivial. In my personal opinion, nothing is trivial in code, if it is don't write it.
Of course, ideally, whenever there is a docstring, it is for a reason and meant to be READ and should be READ. Another point is most IDEs (and some text editors as well), auto-fill the default arguments as a part of code-completion feature, thereby increasing the importance of well-formed, informative and aptly named defaults. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPaTLMS0FxiH%2BZF7fi5V3B-qareEn1qdFpRQWyTV4ko9YxfMew%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
