[Python-ideas] Re: allow initial comma

On 3/16/21 8:22 AM, Roland Puntaier via Python-ideas wrote:

I'd like to write

def my_long_function_name(     , my_long_option_2 = "some default expression 1".split()     , my_long_option_1 = "some default expression 1".split()     ):     pass

Why not write this instead?: def my_long_function_name(     my_long_option_2="some default expression 1".split(),     my_long_option_1="some default expression 1".split(),     ):     pass It has all the advantages you are looking for, plus it isn't odd-looking, and it's already supported. --Ned.