"Talin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > def sortwords(*wordlist, case_sensitive=False):
The rationale for this is pretty obvious. But ... > The second syntactical change is to allow the argument name to > be omitted for a varargs argument: > > def compare(a, b, *, key=None): > ... > > The reasoning behind this change is as follows. Imagine for a > moment a function which takes several positional arguments, as > well as a keyword argument: > > def compare(a, b, key=None): > ... > > Now, suppose you wanted to have 'key' be a keyword-only argument. Why? Why not let the user type the additional argument(s) without the parameter name? tjr _______________________________________________ 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
