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@@ -116,16 +116,12 @@ Defining Methods ---------------- Method signatures longer than 80 characters are very unreadable. If you encounter this problem, first you should determine if your method is - too big. Otherwise, you should compress your keyword arguments with a - '**kwargs' parameter. You should use the 'kwargs' in your method as a - dictionary to retrieve the necessary keyword arguments. + too big. If not, you can compress your keyword arguments with a + '**kwargs' parameter. You can then use 'kwargs' in your method as a + dictionary to retrieve the necessary keyword arguments. This is just a + guideline, not a requirement. - Example (BAD): - - def my_method(argument_one, argument_two, kwarg_one='default_one', - kwarg_two='default_two', kwarg_three='default_three'): - - Example (GOOD): + Example: def my_method(argumet_one, argument_two, **kwargs): kwarg_one = kwargs.get('kwarg_one', 'default_one') |