I am accepting the PEP. Congrats Yuri! (And others who feel they deserve it. :-)
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Yury Selivanov <yselivanov...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2012-06-22, at 4:58 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: >> That looks strange to me -- I suggest putting brackets around each one, like: >> >> replace(*, [name=<optional>,] [kind=<optional>,] [default=<optional>,] >> [annotation=<optional>]) -> Parameter > > Isn't it too much? The PEP clearly indicates '=<optional>' is just > a notation for an optional parameter. > > If it's that much of an issue - We can use '=_void' instead, as it is > in the implementation, and describe how it works. But that's just noise, > that will distract the reader from the PEP. > >> which is still a bit noisy. At the risk of raising the ire of those who >> don't condone the use of '...' :) how about: >> >> replace(*, [name=...,] [kind=...,] [default=...,] [annotation=...] >> ) -> Parameter > > That may confuse someone, as ... - Ellipsis is a legitimate object > to be used as a default value or annotation: > > def foo(bar:...=...)->...: > pass > > I'd keep it simple ;) Please leave <optional> in. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ 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
