[Python-Dev] Term unification

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Sep 14 21:46:16 CEST 2005


Correct usage is argument for the call site but parameter for the
function/method definition. So you can't just count occurrences.

On 9/14/05, Reinhold Birkenfeld <reinhold-birkenfeld-nospam at wolke7.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> looking at bug #1283289, I saw that the term "keyword parameter" is used in
> Python/getargs.c, mixed with "keyword argument".
> 
> Grepping through the source, "keyword parameter" had 43 matches, while
> "keyword argument" had 430. Should the "parameter" form be extinguished?
> 
> Reinhold
> 
> (And BTW, should bug #1283289 be fixed as the poster suggests?)
> 
> 
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