Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatth...@gmail.com> added the comment:
Thanks @rhettinger, this is a perfectly valid position, and one of the respons I was expecting. > That said, it doesn't seem to have ever caused a problem in practice (this > API has been around for a very long time) I have myself not found a lot of usage of `random.Random(x=123)` though I can't say what the lack of occurences is due to. If I have the choice between - Random(123) - Random(x=123) - Random(seed=123) I definitively find `Random(x=123)` the least readable. I can guess what `Random(123)` means, `Random(seed=123)` is self-explanatory, `Random(x=123)` will make me doubt what this means. So you might say no one as reported problem because no one is using it... Yes `x` is explained in the docstring, but that's still requires reading the docstring and reaching for it. As some tab completion engine show functions signatures I want to argue that good parameter names could thus make a difference. Thanks again for you quick response I'm going to close corresponding PRs. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33910> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
