> The only practical reason to like this feature is sparing the need of > finding an otherwise useless name for the formal argument. Another > reason, but not practical at all, is that the concept conveys some > elegance and originality (each programming language should ideally have > a few of these) and is enforced in other places in Python, like in the > `for' statement -- where I find implied unpacking very, very useful.
One other reason: It is possible to imagine using the feature to catch some type errors at the point of call, rather than having to get into the function itself before detecting them. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
