[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Normalize the keyword arguments documentation notation in re.rst. Closes issue (original) (raw)
Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Mon Nov 14 00:12:27 CET 2011
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On 11/13/2011 5:52 PM, eli.bendersky wrote:
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87ecfd5cd5d1 changeset: 73541:87ecfd5cd5d1 branch: 2.7 parent: 73529:c3b063c82ae5 user: Eli Bendersky<eliben at gmail.com> date: Mon Nov 14 01:02:20 2011 +0200 summary: Normalize the keyword arguments documentation notation in re.rst. Closes issue #12875
-.. function:: compile(pattern[, flags=0]) +.. function:: compile(pattern, flags=0) ...
This issue and the patch are about parameters with default arguments, which makes a corresponding argument in a call optional. For Python functions, both required and optional arguments can be passed by position (unless disabled) or keyword. Which is to say, for Python functions, any argument can be a keyword argument. I suspect I am not the only person somewhat confused when people use 'keyword' to mean 'optional' or 'default'.
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