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<h1>API refactoring<a class="headerlink" href="#api-refactoring" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Building up to Evennia 1.0 and beyond, its time to comb through the Evennia API for old cruft. This
whitepage is for anyone interested to contribute with their views on what part of the API needs
refactoring, cleanup or clarification (or extension!)</p>
<p>Note that this is not a forum. To keep things clean, each opinion text should ideally present a
clear argument or lay out a suggestion. Asking for clarification and any side-discussions should be
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<h2>Griatch (Aug 13, 2019)<a class="headerlink" href="#griatch-aug-13-2019" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>This is how to enter an opinion. Use any markdown needed but stay within your section. Also remember
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<h2>Griatch (Sept 2, 2019)<a class="headerlink" href="#griatch-sept-2-2019" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>I dont agree with removing explicit keywords as suggested by [Johnny on Aug 29 below](API-
refactoring#reduce-usage-of-optionalpositional-arguments-aug-29-2019). Overriding such a method can
still be done by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get(self,</span> <span class="pre">**kwargs)</span></code> if so desired, making the kwargs explicit helps IMO
readability of the API. If just giving a generic <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">**kwargs</span></code>, one must read the docstring or even the
code to see which keywords are valid.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I think it makes sense to as a standard offer an extra <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">**kwargs</span></code> at the end of
arg-lists for common methods that are expected to be over-ridden. This make the API more flexible by
hinting to the dev that they could expand their own over-ridden implementation with their own
keyword arguments if so desired.</p>
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<h2>Johnny<a class="headerlink" href="#johnny" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<section id="reduce-usage-of-optional-positional-arguments-aug-29-2019">
<h3>Reduce usage of optional/positional arguments (Aug 29, 2019)<a class="headerlink" href="#reduce-usage-of-optional-positional-arguments-aug-29-2019" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># AttributeHandler</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">key</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">category</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">return_obj</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">strattr</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">raise_exception</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">accessing_obj</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<p>Many classes have methods requiring lengthy positional argument lists, which are tedious and error-
prone to extend and override especially in cases where not all arguments are even required. It would
be useful if arguments were reserved for required inputs and anything else relegated to kwargs for
easier passthrough on extension.</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#griatch-aug-13-2019">Griatch (Aug 13, 2019)</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#griatch-sept-2-2019">Griatch (Sept 2, 2019)</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#johnny">Johnny</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#reduce-usage-of-optional-positional-arguments-aug-29-2019">Reduce usage of optional/positional arguments (Aug 29, 2019)</a></li>
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