
On 13May2021 1248, Petr Viktorin wrote:
On 13. 05. 21 11:45, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
Le 13/05/2021 à 11:40, Irit Katriel a écrit :
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 10:28 AM Antoine Pitrou <antoine@python.org <mailto:antoine@python.org>> wrote:
I agree that <optional> is a reasonable spelling.
I initially suggested <optional>, but now I'm not sure because it doesn't indicate what happens when you don't provide it (as in, what is the default value). So now I'm with <derived> or <implicit>.
"<derived>" makes think of a derived class, and leaves me confused. "<implicit>" is a bit better, but doesn't clearly say what the default value is, either. So in all cases I have to read the docstring in addition to the function signature.
Is <default> the term you're looking for?
Perhaps <unspecified> or <missing>? Cheers, Steve