Hi!
On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 05:12:47PM +1000, Larry Hastings <[email protected]>
wrote:
> "nullable=True", which means "also accept None
> for this parameter". This was originally intended for use with
> strings (compare the "s" and "z" format units for PyArg_ParseTuple),
> however it looks like we'll have a use for "nullable ints" in the
> ongoing Argument Clinic conversion work.
>
> Several people have said they found the name "nullable" surprising,
> suggesting I use another name like "allow_none" or "noneable". I,
> in turn, find their surprise surprising; "nullable" is a term long
> associated with exactly this concept. It's used in C# and SQL, and
> the term even has its own Wikipedia page:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullable_type
In my very humble opinion, "nullable" is ok, but "allow_none" is
better.
Oleg.
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Oleg Broytman http://phdru.name/ [email protected]
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