The positional argument to dump was deprecated quite a while ago. For restore, we never formally deprecated it. It seems a bit more consistent this way, but I don't mind leaving restore alone if people feel strongly about it.
Subject: Remove positional arguments to dump and restore
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 23:23:10 -0300
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From: david@tethera.net
The positional argument to dump was deprecated quite a while ago. For restore, we never formally deprecated it. It seems a bit more consistent this way, but I don't mind leaving restore alone if people feel strongly about it.