[Python-Dev] PEP 457: Syntax For Positional-Only Parameters (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed Oct 9 15:36:48 CEST 2013

Le Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:32:10 +0200, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> a écrit :

On 10/09/2013 02:38 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > Why does a syntax need to be reserved? Documentation conventions and > the syntax of internal tools like argument clinic may be changed any > time we like.

If Argument Clinic is accepted, and ships with Python, my expectation is that it would cease being an internal tool, and would start being used by external developers.

I think it would be better to exercise it first as an internal tool, eliminate any possible quirks and issues, and then perhaps expose it as a public API.

By the way, do you think it'll be ready for 3.4?

Regards

Antoine.

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