On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:44 AM Soni L. <fakedme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 2020-04-24 12:26 p.m., Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:20 AM Soni L. <fakedme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Currently type(None) returns None if you call it with no args: > > > > > > >>> print(type(None)()) > > > None > > > > > > it'd be nice if it did the same regardless of args. currently it raises: > > > > > > >>> print(type(None)(1)) > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > > > TypeError: NoneType takes no arguments > > > > > > inspired by PEP 559: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0559/ > > > > > > >>> NoneType > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > > > NameError: name 'NoneType' is not defined > > > > Why should NoneType be any different from other types? If you want a > > null function, just create one: > > > > def return_none(*_a, **_kw): pass > > > > What is your use-case for wanting NoneType to behave in this way? Is > > this yet another idea that actually has no use-case and is just > > "wouldn't it be nice if we did weird stuff to the language"? I'm > > starting to have to read python-ideas by first looking at the poster > > and only then consider the content of the suggestion, instead of what > > I usually prefer, which is to evaluate an idea on its merits > > regardless of who posted it. > > it's not my own use case for once. the PEP clearly lists a use-case. we > should support that use-case. >
1) That PEP is rejected YAGNI. So the use-case isn't strong enough. 2) Why should it be NoneType? That makes no sense. Do you *actually* have a use-case for having NoneType always return None and ignore its arguments? ChrisA _______________________________________________ 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/CQUFSXSTHN5IOYEWIE5DTNNODXEDID54/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
