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Author	terry.reedy
Recipients	benjamin.peterson, bgolemon, gvanrossum, mark, pitrou, terry.reedy
Date	2008-06-03.22:29:42
SpamBayes Score	0.0201041
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Message-id	<1212532184.63.0.988353439294.issue2613@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Rationale for banning f(,*k): it could represent a bug (intended bare name(s) omitted) that should be flagged, a lack of clear understanding of the redundancy, or a somewhat unPythonic stylistic preference for useless redundancy. I consider the first the most likely in practice, though I also did not see the redundancy at first. Guido has used the 'likely a bug' rationale for other design decisions.

Rationale for banning f(*,**k): it could represent a bug (intended bare
name(s) omitted) that should be flagged, a lack of clear understanding
of the redundancy, or a somewhat unPythonic stylistic preference for
useless redundancy.  I consider the first the most likely in practice,
though I also did not see the redundancy at first.  Guido has used the
'likely a bug' rationale for other design decisions.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-06-03 22:29:45	terry.reedy	set	spambayes_score: 0.0201041 -> 0.0201041 recipients: + terry.reedy, gvanrossum, pitrou, mark, benjamin.peterson, bgolemon
2008-06-03 22:29:44	terry.reedy	set	spambayes_score: 0.0201041 -> 0.0201041 messageid: <1212532184.63.0.988353439294.issue2613@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-06-03 22:29:43	terry.reedy	link	issue2613 messages
2008-06-03 22:29:42	terry.reedy	create