[Python-Dev] Positional-only Arguments

[Guido van Rossum]

I've used a double leading underscore on the name. Works great for methods!

On 5/2/06, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>
> "Benji York" <benji at zope.com> wrote in message
> news:4457983C.5080109 at zope.com...
> > I've not followed the PEP 3102 (keyword-only arguments) discussion
> > closely enough to know if this has been mentioned, but we were
> > discussing a need at work today for the ability to enforce position-only
> > arguments.
>
> You could discourage name use by not documenting the actual, internal name
> of the parameters.  Something like
>
> def weather_guess(temp, pres):
>    '''Guess weather from temperature in degrees Kelvin and pressure
>       in millibars passed by position in that order.'''
>
> Terry Jan Reedy
>
>
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