[Patches] [Patch #101250] Use '*args' instead of providing defaults in User*.py

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Patch #101250 has been updated. 

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Category: library
Status: Open
Summary: Use '*args' instead of providing defaults in User*.py

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Date: 2000-Aug-21 09:30
By: twouters

Comment:
Use the '*args' construct rather than providing function defaults that are passed on to the underlying datatype, in the UserList, UserDict and UserString modules. Note: UserString.encode() might like a **kwargs argument as well, I don't know how it's used.

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Date: 2000-Aug-21 17:27
By: tim_one

Comment:
Postponed, unless you can justify why this should be considered a bugfix instead of a new feature.

I confess I don't see the point even as a feature:  the list etc interfaces are well-defined, and aren't *meant* to support arbitrary collections of signatures.  Passing on arbitrary *args *will* have the effect of making tracebacks more confusing when things finally get down to the level where the concrete implementation finally gets a chance to complain about a goofy arglist.
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