On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Oren Ben-Kiki <python-o...@ben-kiki.org> wrote: > "If the exact value is unimportant you may use auto instances and an > appropriate value will be chosen for you." > > Choosing a value that conflicts with BAZ in above cases doesn't seem > "appropriate" for a value that is "unimportant". > > The docs also state "Care must be taken if you mix auto with other values." > - fair enough. But: > > First, why require "care" if the code can take care of the issue for us? > > Second, the docs don't go into further detail about what exactly to avoid. > In particular, the docs do not state that the automatic value will only > take into account the previous values, and will ignore following values.
Sounds to me like the current behaviour is compliant with what the docs say, and as such, I would be disinclined to change the code. Perhaps a documentation clarification would suffice? """Care must be taken if you mix auto with other values. In particular, using auto() prior to explicitly-set values may result in conflicts.""" ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
