[Python-3000] Type Expressions

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Fri Apr 21 19:53:23 CEST 2006


On Fri, Apr 21, 2006, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On 4/21/06, Mark Russell <mark.russell at zen.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Another wild thought:
>>
>>       def foo(a, b, @keyword_only c, d):
>>            pass
>>
>> Actually that one could go in 2.X - it's currently a syntax error.
> 
> To prevent more abominations like this, let me pronounce that I now
> like the single-star syntax:
> 
>   def foo(a, b, *, x=1, y=2): ...

So the way to get you to pronounce in favor of an abomination is to
suggest a worse abomination?  ;-)
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