Christian Heimes wrote: > Bill Janssen wrote: > > Not bad, but if you're going that route, I think I'd get rid of the > > optional arguments, and just say > > > > seek_from_beginning(INCR: int) > > > > seek_from_current(INCR: int) > > > > seek_from_end(DECR: int) > > I don't like it. It's too noisy and too much to type.
Well, it would be noisy, and the complaint about length would apply, if these were widely used many times in one piece of code, but they aren't. So that doesn't matter, and in its favor, it's clear, consistent, and easy to remember. Bill _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com