On 2021-04-19 16:38:24 -0000, Jon Ribbens via Python-list wrote: > On 2021-04-19, Paul Bryan <pbr...@anode.ca> wrote: > > Calling them options—when they're required—seems like a problem. 🙂 > > The option is what the value is, not whether there is a value at all. > If you order a coffee then you may have an option as to what temperature > it is, that doesn't mean the coffee having a temperature is optional.
No, but you having to specify the temperature is optional. Yoy might
order an extra-hot coffee or s luke-warm coffee, but most of the time
you will just order a coffee and accept it being at the default
temperature.
I would agree with others that options should in general be optional.
I do break that that rule sometimes, though: If there are several
required arguments and they have no obvious natural order, I might use
required options for those just to prevent the user (me) from swapping
them.
hp
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