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Author	terry.reedy
Recipients	barry, chrism, eric.araujo, ncoghlan, pitrou, serhiy.storchaka, terry.reedy
Date	2013年12月07日.00:08:44
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Message-id	<1386374924.37.0.310855119706.issue19837@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> Changing return type based on argument values is still a bad idea in general. I understand the proposal to be changing the return based on argument presence. It strikes me a a convenient abbreviation for making a separate encoding call and definitely (specifically?) less bad than a separate module or separate functions.

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> Changing return type based on argument *values* is still a bad idea in
general.
I understand the proposal to be changing the return based on argument *presence*. It strikes me a a convenient abbreviation for making a separate encoding call and definitely (specifically?) less bad than a separate module or separate functions.

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Date	User	Action	Args
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