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Type Hinting: Default Parameters

October 13, 2022 by Magenaut

PHP 5 Type Hinting PHP 5 introduces Type Hinting. Functions are now able to force parameters to be objects (by specifying the name of the class in the function prototype) or arrays (since PHP 5.1). However, if NULL is used as the default parameter value, it will be allowed as an argument for any later … Read more

Python, default keyword arguments after variable length positional arguments

August 15, 2022 by Magenaut

I thought I could use named parameters after variable-length positional parameters in a function call in Python 2, but I get a SyntaxError when importing a python class. I’m writing with the following “get” method, for example: