On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 4:20 AM Dom Grigonis <dom.grigo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to add. I think same methods would be useful to have for strings as > well. > strings are immutable, so `pop` is out. As for `get` -- it *could* be added to the sequence ABC, but very much doubt that will ever happen -- adding something to an ABC is very heavy lift. -CHB > > 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/ > -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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