[Python-Dev] pep 362 - 5th edition

[Nick Coghlan]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Yury Selivanov <yselivanov at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2012-06-19, at 9:22 PM, Yury Selivanov wrote:
>
>> On 2012-06-19, at 8:39 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>>
>>> 2. The constructor for Parameter objects should require that names for
>>> positional-only parameters start with "<" and end with ">" to ensure
>>> they can always be distinguished from standard parameters in signature
>>> string representations and in BoundArguments.parameters
>>
>> +1
>
> Actually, can we just make positional-only parameters to render brackets
> in their/Signature's __str__ methods?  I think Parameter.kind should be
> enough, without adding additional obstacles.

True, the check for name clashes in Signature (and the implied numeric
"names") will cover the BoundArguments.parameters case

Cheers,
Nick.

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