[Freeipa-devel] argument passing

[Kevin McCarthy]

Rob Crittenden wrote:
> The problem is optional arguments. Things will blow up if optional 
> arguments are empty.
>
> One solution is to require a value for every argument over XML-RPC.

I think this solution is probably the best.  Allowing optional arguments
is a minor convenience being traded for a horrible inconvience on the
xmlrpc server side.  It's not too arduous to require a developer to type
all the arguments.

If we want to allow None, I think the idea of passing "__NONE__" and
translating into None on the server side isn't bad.  Or perhaps an empty
list, []?

Both of these are better than trying to understand that function you
wrote.  ;-)

-Kevin
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