{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9958","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9958/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9958/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9958/events","html_url":"https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9958","id":55931204,"number":9958,"title":"addprocs does not throw on unused keyword arguments","user":{"login":"simonster","id":470884,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/470884?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster","html_url":"https://github.com/simonster","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simonster/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/labels/parallel","name":"parallel","color":"f7e102"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-01-29T17:37:07Z","updated_at":"2015-01-30T17:03:23Z","closed_at":"2015-01-30T15:56:18Z","body":"```julia\r\njulia> addprocs(1, foo=:bar, bar=:foo)\r\n1-element Array{Any,1}:\r\n 2\r\n```\r\n\r\nGiven the recent API changes, it would be good if previous forms of `addprocs` didn't work, instead of appearing to work but silently launching local workers."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/comments/72233740","html_url":"https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9958#issuecomment-72233740","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9958","id":72233740,"user":{"login":"amitmurthy","id":117461,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/117461?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy","html_url":"https://github.com/amitmurthy","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/amitmurthy/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-30T17:03:23Z","updated_at":"2015-01-30T17:03:23Z","body":"`launch` is a method implemented by each cluster manager to launch julia worker processes in their respective cluster environments. `addprocs` is the userland interface to add workers using a particular manager. All the keyword arguments when using LocalManager and SSHManager are optional, with some keyword arguments common to both.\r\n\r\nWhy do you feel the need for a mandatory keyword argument? Wouldn't that situation be best served with a positional argument itself?"}}