Proverbial Ah-ha moment all. This clarifies things greatly (: Thanks you all!!
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Nick Raptis <airsc...@otenet.gr> wrote: > > >> compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) >> >> I see within this built in function, the first argument can be what they >> define as source, the second argument as the filename and the third as the >> mode. >> >> But what confuses me is sometimes I see a bracket, above as [, flags[, >> dont_inherit]]. Is this an optional argument like flags=dont_inherit? >> >> >> Brackets do indeed mean optional arguments. > So you can do > compile(source, filename, mode, flags=whatever, dont_inherit=True) > or something. > > The nested brackets most likely show that (in your example), dont_inherit > is optional, but can be used only if you (optionally) also provide the flags > argument. > > Of course, don't take my word for it and read the rest of the description > in the documentation. > > Also read here: > <http://docs.python.org/reference/introduction.html?highlight=brackets> > http://docs.python.org/reference/introduction.html?highlight=brackets#notation > > Nick > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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