On 11/13/2011 5:52 PM, eli.bendersky wrote:
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87ecfd5cd5d1
changeset: 73541:87ecfd5cd5d1
branch: 2.7
parent: 73529:c3b063c82ae5
user: Eli Bendersky<eli...@gmail.com>
date: Mon Nov 14 01:02:20 2011 +0200
summary:
Normalize the keyword arguments documentation notation in re.rst. Closes
issue #12875
-.. function:: compile(pattern[, flags=0])
+.. function:: compile(pattern, flags=0)
...
This issue and the patch are about parameters with *default* arguments,
which makes a corresponding argument in a call *optional*. For Python
functions, both required and optional arguments can be passed by
position (unless disabled) or keyword. Which is to say, for Python
functions, any argument can be a keyword argument. I suspect I am not
the only person somewhat confused when people use 'keyword' to mean
'optional' or 'default'.
tjr
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