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gh-91038: Change default argument value to False
instead of 0
#31621
gh-91038: Change default argument value to False
instead of 0
#31621
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The argument is used as a switch and corresponds to a boolean logic. Therefore it is more intuitive to use the corresponding constant `False` as default value instead of the integer `0`.
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I agree this is an improvement, but I think it deserves a NEWS entry. Could you add one?
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False
instead of 0
False
instead of 0
@JelleZijlstra I have made the requested changes; please review again |
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The argument is used as a switch and corresponds to a boolean logic. Therefore it is more intuitive to use the corresponding constant
False
as default value instead of the integer0
.https://bugs.python.org/issue46882