[Python-checkins] r46053 - peps/trunk/pep-3102.txt

[talin]

Author: talin
Date: Sat May 20 07:23:44 2006
New Revision: 46053

Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-3102.txt
Log:
Updated post history, and added a note about the BDFL pronouncement on syntax alternatives.


Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3102.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-3102.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-3102.txt	Sat May 20 07:23:44 2006
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Content-Type: text/plain
 Created: 22-Apr-2006
 Python-Version: 3.0
-Post-History:
+Post-History: 28-Apr-2006, May-19-2006
 
 
 Abstract
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@
     they must be supplied via keyword.
 
     The second syntactical change is to allow the argument name to
-    be omitted for a varargs argument:
+    be omitted for a varargs argument. The meaning of this is to
+    allow for keyword-only arguments for functions that would not
+    otherwise take a varargs argument:
 
         def compare(a, b, *, key=None):
             ...
@@ -95,7 +97,11 @@
 
     As a convenient shortcut, we can simply omit the 'ignore' name,
     meaning 'don't allow any positional arguments beyond this point'.
-
+    
+    (Note: After much discussion of alternative syntax proposals, the
+    BDFL has pronounced in favor of this 'single star' syntax for
+    indicating the end of positional parameters.)
+    
 
 Function Calling Behavior