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Re: Argument of the bool function

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On 2011-04-09 23:15 , rusi wrote:
> On Apr 10, 8:35 am, Grant Edwards<inva...@invalid.invalid>  wrote:
>> On 2011-04-09, Lie Ryan<lie.1...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/09/11 08:59, candide wrote:
>>>> Le 09/04/2011 00:03, Ethan Furman a ?crit :
>>
>>>>>   >  bool([x])
>>>> dir([object])
>>>> Not very meaningful, isn't it ?
>>
>>> The error says it unambiguously, dir() does not take *keyword*
>>> arguments; instead dir() takes *positional* argument:
>>
>>>      dir("Explicit is better than implicit")
>>
>> I think the point is that both cases are documented exactly the same.
>
> In what case(s) would a keyword arg to bool be reasonable?

It's just an implementation detail. It's not worth the electrons wasted in this 
thread already.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco

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Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-08 18:26 +0200
  Re: Argument of the bool function Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2011-04-08 12:41 -0400
    Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-10 14:54 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 23:02 +1000
        Re: Argument of the bool function Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-04-10 12:21 -0400
          Re: Argument of the bool function "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2011-04-10 13:51 -0400
          Re: Argument of the bool function Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-11 09:46 +1000
          Re: Argument of the bool function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-11 16:00 -0700
          Re: Argument of the bool function Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-04-25 16:29 +0200
            Re: Argument of the bool function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 05:33 +1000
              Re: Argument of the bool function Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-25 16:26 -0700
                Re: Argument of the bool function Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-26 02:38 +0000
            Re: Argument of the bool function Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2011-04-25 23:28 +0200
              Re: Argument of the bool function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 17:44 -0600
  Re: Argument of the bool function Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-04-08 16:42 +0000
  Re: Argument of the bool function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-04-08 10:43 -0600
    Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-08 23:32 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-08 15:03 -0700
        Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-09 00:59 +0200
          Re: Argument of the bool function Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 15:45 +1000
            Re: Argument of the bool function Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-10 03:35 +0000
              Re: Argument of the bool function rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 21:15 -0700
                Re: Argument of the bool function Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 01:22 -0500
          Re: Argument of the bool function Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 18:22 -0500
            Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-10 02:33 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-09 07:57 +1000

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