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Author	vstinner
Recipients	giampaolo.rodola, larry, neologix, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
Date	2012-06-15.23:32:23
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Message-id	<1339803144.33.0.322240162725.issue15078@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> As I keep saying on python-dev: I think that the argument list for a function should be stable. There are some other functions with strange/variable prototype: http://docs.python.org/dev/library/fcntl.html?highlight=ioctl#fcntl.ioctl http://docs.python.org/dev/library/mmap.html?highlight=mmap.mmap#mmap.mmap (and maybe others) These Python functions are thin wrapper of the C function, that's why their prototype can be surprising.

> As I keep saying on python-dev: I think that the argument list for a function should be stable.

There are some other functions with strange/variable prototype:
http://docs.python.org/dev/library/fcntl.html?highlight=ioctl#fcntl.ioctl
http://docs.python.org/dev/library/mmap.html?highlight=mmap.mmap#mmap.mmap
(and maybe others)

These Python functions are thin wrapper of the C function, that's why their prototype can be surprising.

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