Make spy_point_name optional for bond.spy

[gnecula]

Not all spy point use agents. If you do not have an agent, the spy point name plays only a documentation role. Sometimes I just want to spy "x". I would like to be able to write:

bond.spy(x = x)

instead of

bond.spy("my point", x = x)

Possible implementation

• Add a separate spy_anon (for anonymous spying). This will work well in all languages, but I would rather not create another entry point just for this.
• Make the spy_point_name an optional keyword argument. If not present, then it is anonymous. This works well in Python (at the extra cost of having to type spy_point_name='foo'). We'd have to do something else for Java.

[xkrogen]

Made it so that in ruby, the first parameter is optional (not keyworded). So you can do: spy(key: val, key2: val2) or spy('point_name', key: val)

I thought this was a little nicer than having to do spy(spy_point_name: 'point_name', key: val) and forces the point name to be at the start of the argument list which is good anyway.

[gnecula]

That is indeed nicer, and it happens to work the same in python too.

George.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Erik notifications@github.com wrote:

Made it so that in ruby, the first parameter is optional (not keyworded). So you can do: spy(key: val, key2: val2) or spy('point_name', key: val)

I thought this was a little nicer than having to do spy(spy_point_name: 'point_name', key: val) and forces the point name to be at the start of the argument list which is good anyway.

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