[Python-Dev] PEP 3102: Keyword-only arguments

[Aahz]

On Mon, May 01, 2006, Edward Loper wrote:
>
> But is it necessary to syntactically *enforce* that the arguments be 
> used as keywords?  I.e., why not just document that the arguments should 
> be used as keyword arguments, and leave it at that.  If users insist on 
> using them positionally, then their code will be less readable, and 
> might break if you decide to change the order of the parameters, but 
> we're all consenting adults.  (And if you *do* believe that the 
> parameters should all be passed as keywords, then I don't see any reason 
> why you'd ever be motivated to change their order.)

IIRC, part of the motivation for this is to make it easier for super() to
work correctly.
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