Bo Peng wrote: >> Is this a style guide thing? >> >> Why not just: >> >> def func(output_param=''): >> output(output=output_param) >> > > This is exactly the problem. There are a bunch of other functions that > use output='' parameter. Changing parameter name for this single > function may cause confusion.
So why not rename the `output` function? Or alternatively, you could change the parameter name for everything (not recommended). I can assure you that when someone goes to maintain this code, having a function go through all kinds of schenanigans to support what you want to do will be much more confusing than a different parameter name. Tim Delaney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
