> On 1 Dec 2021, at 06:16, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've just updated PEP 671 https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0671/ > with some additional information about the reference implementation, > and some clarifications elsewhere. > > *PEP 671: Syntax for late-bound function argument defaults* > > Questions, for you all: > > 1) If this feature existed in Python 3.11 exactly as described, would > you use it?
no because of name=> > > 2) Independently: Is the syntactic distinction between "=" and "=>" a > cognitive burden? yes. > > (It's absolutely valid to say "yes" and "yes", and feel free to say > which of those pulls is the stronger one.) > > 3) If "yes" to question 1, would you use it for any/all of (a) mutable > defaults, (b) referencing things that might have changed, (c) > referencing other arguments, (d) something else? yes (a) What does (b) mean? example please. yes (c) > > 4) If "no" to question 1, is there some other spelling or other small > change that WOULD mean you would use it? (Some examples in the PEP.) Use the @name to avoid the confusing with the set of = things. > > 5) Do you know how to compile CPython from source, and would you be > willing to try this out? Please? :) no promises, if I get spare time I'll give it a go, should be easy to hack the Fedora python RPM to build your version. > > I'd love to hear, also, from anyone's friends/family who know a bit of > Python but haven't been involved in this discussion. If late-bound > defaults "just make sense" to people, that would be highly > informative. > > Any and all comments welcomed. I mean, this is python-ideas after > all... bikeshedding is what we do best! > > The reference implementation currently has some test failures, which > I'm looking into. I'm probably going to make this my personal default > Python interpreter for a while, to see how things go. Barry > > 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/UVOQEK7IRFSCBOH734T5GFJOEJXFCR6A/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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