Message226279
The term "optional arguments" is a poorly formed adjectival suffix of "option". What it's trying to say is "these are kwargs" rather than "these arguments are not compulsory".
I ran into this issue with 3.4 and was looking to file a simple change request:
In early DOS/Linux days we called these "switches". I suggest we simply change the default wording from "optional arguments" to "switches". |
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2014-09-02 20:25:03 | Oliver.Smith | set | recipients:
+ Oliver.Smith, rhettinger, terry.reedy, bethard, eric.smith, eric.araujo, r.david.murray, docs@python, benschmaus, tshepang, martin.panter, paul.j3, mburger, Martin.d'Anjou |
2014-09-02 20:25:02 | Oliver.Smith | set | messageid: <1409689502.97.0.987534998228.issue9694@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2014-09-02 20:25:02 | Oliver.Smith | link | issue9694 messages |
2014-09-02 20:25:02 | Oliver.Smith | create | |
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