Yes, 1. adding keyword argument for `pop` 2. implementing `get` method as it doesn’t exist at all * This wouldn’t break anything for sure. Well… theoretically could, but I find it hard to imagine anyone has written such code.
I like PEP 463. Looks simple and intuitive. > On 14 Jun 2023, at 23:11, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 at 06:04, Dom Grigonis <dom.grigo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> So following Chris’ logic... >> If there are 10,000,000 python users on Stack… >> And we assume, that every user encounters such need at least 2 times a year >> (being very speculative here, would say conservative?). > > That was me being VERY generous to the other proposal :) At very best, > what you're seeing is an *upper bound* on the number of people > referenced, but I wasn't actually arguing numbers there so much as > disputing the incredulity given. > > HOWEVER: Your proposal is much easier to make backward compatible. > Adding a keyword-only parameter to a method that currently doesn't > accept keyword arguments is (a) not going to conflict with current > code, and (b) will instantly error out if someone attempts to use this > feature on a Python that doesn't support it, so it's not going to > cause subtle errors. > > Though, notably, this would count as another use-case for PEP 463, if > anyone felt like reviving that. > > 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/2S6ZFAMP5FBZKDCOSSSTXTU477WFTW2Z/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ 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/EMMXYB4ZBRNG4SRS2VM4ALFTWULRY2JH/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
