Message 109705 - Python tracker

Message109705

Author	ncoghlan
Recipients	dalke, mark.dickinson, ncoghlan, nnorwitz
Date	2010-07-09.10:09:34
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> BTW, I'm a bit surprised that the grammar doesn't allow for trailing commas after keyword-only arguments: that is, > > def f(a, b,): ... is fine, but > def f(*, a, b,): ... is a SyntaxError That seems more like an oversight than a deliberate restriction. Does your patch eliminate the discrepancy? (And agreed the moratorium doesn't apply).

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> BTW, I'm a bit surprised that the grammar doesn't allow for trailing commas after keyword-only arguments:  that is,
>
> def f(a, b,): ...     is fine, but
> def f(*, a, b,): ...  is a SyntaxError

That seems more like an oversight than a deliberate restriction. Does
your patch eliminate the discrepancy?

(And agreed the moratorium doesn't apply).

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-07-09 10:09:35	ncoghlan	set	recipients: + ncoghlan, nnorwitz, dalke, mark.dickinson
2010-07-09 10:09:34	ncoghlan	link	issue2009 messages
2010-07-09 10:09:34	ncoghlan	create