[Python-ideas] parameter omit

[Jan Kanis]

On Fri, 11 May 2007 20:09:39 +0200, Aaron Brady <castironpi at comcast.net>  
wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Kanis [mailto:jan.kanis at phil.uu.nl]
>> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 6:59 AM
>>
>> In short, any new addition has to have a *lot* of utility to be
>> acceptable, or else it wil lead to the way of the Perl side.
>
> Agreed entirely.  You mean, like this?
>
> Who brings up the manual?  Good.  Document something.

It isn't really about the manual, and I think I meant something like  
'language reference' (sorry, not native English). It's about the  
complexity of the language. The size of the language reference can be seen  
as a more or less objective way to measure language complexity. Your  
proposal adds a little bit more complexity, and most people here agree  
that the benefits, which are there, are not worth it.