[DNM] Disallow optional arguments after positional arguments #4
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When a rust binding has an optional parameter followed by a required parameter it may cause a hard to follow panic in python.
To reproduce:
While the python type hinting states that there is only one required positional argument, the function behaves as if there are two required arguments, and even if one were optional, it would be 'a', not 'b'. Additionally, this behavior leads to illegal python, as
def opt_first(a: Optional[int]=None, b: int)
triggers the "non-default argument follows default argument" syntax error.Reworking the proc-macro so that an
Option
followed by a required positional parameter must be provided would make the behavior ofOption
s inconsistent, so we should explicitly disallow required parameters that follow optional parameters.Both of the following now fail at compile time rather than runtime,
While these still compile and work as expected,