Matthew Barnett <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> added the comment: @Narendra: The argument, if provided, is merely a default. Checking whether it _could_ be used would not be straightforward, and raising an exception if it would never be used would have little, if any, benefit.
It's not a bug, and it's not worth changing. ---------- status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31969> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com