Here's a similar thread: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/thread/SQKZ273MYAY5WNIQRGEDLYTKVORVKNEZ/#LXMU22F63VPCF7CMQ4OQRH2CG6H7WCQ6
Personally I write code like this all the time and would love this feature, but I can see how it would be a mess for beginners to learn. On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 6:36 PM Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> wrote: > This (or something really similar) has been brought up recently on this > list. > > Please go look for that, and see how it was resolved at the time. > > But for now: -1 -- this is not THAT common a pattern, and to the extent > that it is, this would encourage people to over-use it, and lead to errors. > > I find that newbies are already confused enough about scope, and why the > "x" in one place is not the same as the "x" in another. This would just > blur that line even more. > > -CHB > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 8:49 AM Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 16/04/2020 16:23, oliveira.rodrig...@gmail.com wrote: >> > I'm opening this thread to discuss and collect feedback on a language >> change to support keyword arguments to be self-assigned using variables >> names. >> > >> > Proposal >> > -------- >> > >> > Taking the syntax from [bpo-36817](https://bugs.python.org/issue36817) >> which just [made it to Python 3.8]( >> https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#f-strings-support-for-self-documenting-expressions-and-debugging) >> the `<keyword name>=` syntax would be valid and have the the same effect as >> `<keyword name>=<keyword name>`, so these two statements would be >> equivalent: >> > >> > ```python >> > foo(bar=bar, qux=qux) >> > foo(bar=, qux=) >> > ``` >> >> I wasn't in favour of the original proposal, and that at least had the >> excuse of just being for debugging. Imagine how much less I am enthused >> by this. >> >> Explicit is better than implicit. >> >> -- >> Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/RCTOW4XFIUI2TYNIELMTIZG73F5WAUP7/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > -- > Christopher Barker, PhD > > Python Language Consulting > - Teaching > - Scientific Software Development > - Desktop GUI and Web Development > - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/Y3V57V7SPD7OJO4KV5OH2Q3XWRSYOY3V/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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