Just to add. I think same methods would be useful to have for strings as well.
> On 14 Jun 2023, at 23:28, Dom Grigonis <dom.grigo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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/ITFYOC4KKBGJ2VRFOOYM47DZWV66BUEJ/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
