New submission from krey :
From: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html
os.symlink(src, dst, target_is_directory=False, *, dir_fd=None)
Create a symbolic link pointing to `src` named `dst`.
It's a bit like saying
find(needle, haystack)
Finds `haystack` in `needle`
If you
krey added the comment:
OK, let's ignore the analogy.
Everywhere else I've seen, arrows (or directed edges in a graph) point as
SOURCE -> TARGET
SOURCE -> DESTINATION
(TARGET and DESTINATION are synonymous in this context)
An example from math:
https://en.wikipedia.or
krey added the comment:
@eric.smith Sorry for tagging this as docs, wasn't sure what to pick. I guess
it should be under Library
Does CPython have a process for changing arg names via deprecation warnings?
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krey added the comment:
@eric.smith Fair enough, though the impact would probably be quite low in
reality. Nobody seems to pass these args by keyword:
https://github.com/search?q=%22os.symlink(src%3D%22&type=Code
@steven.daprano My suggestion was changing the names of the args, not
