[Python-Dev] Updated PEP 362 (Function Signature Object)

[Alexandre Zani]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> 2012/6/10 Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>:
>> Can you make a more concrete suggestion?  "type" strikes me as a poor choice
>> of name, as it makes one think immediately of type(), which is another, uh,
>> variety of "type".
>
> kind ->
> "position" or
> "keword_only" or
> "vararg" or
> "kwarg"
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Benjamin
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I prefer the flags. Flags means I can just look at the Parameter
object. A "type" or "kind" or whatever means I need to compare to a
bunch of constants. That's more stuff to remember.