[Python-Dev] PEP 3102: Keyword-only arguments

Mon May 1 18:49:00 CEST 2006

Terry Reedy wrote:
> And again, why would you *make* me, the user-programmer, type
>> make_person(name=namex, age=agex, phone=phonex, location = locationx)
> #instead of
> make_person(namex,agex,phonex,locationx)
> ?

because a good API designer needs to consider more than just the current
release.
I repeat my question: have you done API design for others, and have you
studied how your API:s are used (and how they evolve) over a longer period
of time ?
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