On Nov 16, 2:30 pm, "Chris Rebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:02 AM, George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 16, 8:28 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> "Less obvious" is entirely in the mind of the reader. > > > Without documentation or peeking into the function body, a None > > default conveys little or no information, so I don't think it's just > > in the mind of the reader. Do you find the following less obvious than > > the current workaround ? > > > from datetime import date > > from timedelta import timedelta > > > def make_reservation(customer, > > checkin=`date.today()`, > > checkout=`checkin+timedelta(days=3)`): > > ... > > >> However I can see > >> far more justification for the behavior Python currently exhibits than > >> the semantic time-bomb you are proposing. > > > I didn't propose replacing the current behavior (that would cause way > > too much breakage), only adding a new syntax which is now invalid, so > > one would have to specify it explicitly. > > Minor FYI, but Guido has proscribed backticks ever being used in > Python again. Seehttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3099/
I know, just used it for the sake of the example; the actual syntax is much less of an issue in this case than the functionality. George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
