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

[BJörn Lindqvist]

> > >    make_person(=name, =age, =phone, =location)
> >
> > And even with Terry's use case quoted I can't make out what you meant
> > that to do.
>
> I meant it to do the same thing as
>
>    make_person(name=name, age=age, phone=phone, location=location)
>
> I come across use cases for this fairly frequently, usually
> when I have an __init__ method that supplies default values
> for a bunch of arguments, and then wants to pass them on to

Me too! I would have thought that the one obvious way to get rid of
the wanky feeling would have been to write:

def make_person(name, age, phone, location): ...

make_person(name, age, phone, location)

IMHO, keyword arguments are often overused like that. Many times they
don't improve readability any more than naming your variables sensibly
do. No, I have not studied how my API:s are used (and how they evolve)
over a longer period of time.

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mvh Björn