[Python-Dev] PEP 3102: Keyword-only arguments

[Greg Ewing]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> The dispute is about the sensibility and 
> politeness of requiring a small fixed number of required, no-default args 
> to be passed by name only

There seems to be some confusion between two different
subthreads here. BJörn Lindqvist seemed to be saying that
instead of my suggested

   make_person(=name, =age, =phone, =location)

as a substitute for

   make_person(name=name, age=age, phone=phone, location=location)

it would be better to pass the arguments positionally. I
was pointing out that you can't do this when the thing you're
calling requires them to be passed by keyword.

--
Greg