[Python-Dev] AC Derby and accepting None for optional positional arguments

[Georg Brandl]

Am 16.01.2014 05:35, schrieb Ryan Smith-Roberts:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Ryan Smith-Roberts <rmsr at lab.net
> <mailto:rmsr at lab.net>> wrote:
> 
>     socket.getservbyname(servicename[, protocolname])
>     ->
>     socket.getservbyname(servicename, protocolname=None)
> 
> 
> Here is a more complicated example, since the above does technically have an
> alternative fix:
> 
> sockobj.sendmsg(buffers[, ancdata[, flags[, address]]])
> ->
> sockobj.sendmsg(buffers, ancdata=None, flags=0, address=None)

As far as I understand you should convert these with the "optional group" syntax
(i.e. brackets).

Georg