I believe this is a rebirth of a request that has come up many times before,
which is to have something like javascript's `undefined` where it means "use
the default value" if passed to a function that has a default value or "value
not provided" (slightly different to "None").
>> def foo(x, y=1
On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 at 19:37, Mathew Elman wrote:
>
> I believe this is a rebirth of a request that has come up many times before,
> which is to have something like javascript's `undefined` where it means "use
> the default value" if passed to a function that has a default value or "value
> not
Mathew Elman writes:
> I believe this is a rebirth of a request that has come up many
> times before, which is to have something like javascript's
> `undefined` where it means "use the default value" if passed to a
> function that has a default value or "value not provided" (slightly
> differ
1) If this feature existed in Python 3.11 exactly as described, would
you use it?
Definitely not. It significantly increases cognitive burden on the reader. If
python didn't have pattern matching, walrus, ternary expressions, etc -- then
maybe I would consider this as something harmless. But righ
On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 at 08:39, Stanislav Zmiev wrote:
> 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.)
> defer keyword that Andre proposed is a better option, in my opinion. However,
> I don't like the en
