parameter/argument terminology

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1041769928.7987.python-list at python.org>,
Donnal Walter <donnalcwalter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>In writing Python documentation for functions/methods, are the terms
>'argument' and 'parameter' essentially interchangeable? Or is it true that
>parameter usually refers to the definition and argument to the call?
>
>    def myFunc(self, P1, P2):
>        print P1, P2             # P1 and P2 are parameters
>
>    def doSomething(self):
>        X = 'Hello '
>        Y = 'world'
>        self.myFunc(X, Y)        # X and Y are arguments

What I usually do is refer to "function parameters" in the first case
and "call parameters" in the second.
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