Another example, is a cash point (ATM) won't give you your money until you take your card
On Fri, 16 Jul 2021, 09:28 Stephen J. Turnbull, < turnbull.stephen.fw@u.tsukuba.ac.jp> wrote:
Ethan Furman writes:
Isn't that javascript? Javascript idioms are not (necessarily) Python idioms.
True, but unless there is (preferably) a Python idiom or one from another language we borrow from at least somewhat frequently, why not adopt the Javascript idiom?
Note: I don't think you were arguing *against* this idiom, just querying the relevance.
I did question the OP's "value you need, value you want" characterization. It's not obvious to me you can decide that for the caller.
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