[Python-Dev] Term unification

2005-09-14 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
Hi, looking at bug #1283289, I saw that the term keyword parameter is used in Python/getargs.c, mixed with keyword argument. Grepping through the source, keyword parameter had 43 matches, while keyword argument had 430. Should the parameter form be extinguished? Reinhold (And BTW, should bug

Re: [Python-Dev] Term unification

2005-09-14 Thread Guido van Rossum
Correct usage is argument for the call site but parameter for the function/method definition. So you can't just count occurrences. On 9/14/05, Reinhold Birkenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, looking at bug #1283289, I saw that the term keyword parameter is used in Python/getargs.c, mixed

Re: [Python-Dev] Term unification

2005-09-14 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
Ah, ok. Then I guess everything's fine. It was just the /* make sure there are no duplicate values for an argument; its not clear when to use the term keyword argument vs. keyword parameter in messages */ that disturbed me. Reinhold Guido van Rossum wrote: Correct usage is argument for