Should mandatory Entries be enforced?

[tangkong]

Expected Behavior

I'd normally expect mandatory fields to be mandatory on item/device instantiation

In [29]: class SubItem(HappiItem):
    ...:     needed = EntryInfo('attr', optional=False, enforce=str)
    ...: 

In [30]: subitem = SubItem()

< Some exception about missing the 'needed' information > 

Current Behavior

Currently "mandatory" (read optional=False) attributes/entries in a HappiItem are only enforced upon insertion through the CLI

I suppose this makes sense if the point of access is always the CLI, but if someone makes an entry interactively from Python (or is following the documentation's examples), this kwarg seems like a noop

Possible Solution

Be more consistent with complaining about missing, mandatory information?

Context

Briefly discussed during the 2022 Epics Codeathon, but put aside.

Your Environment

pcds-5.3.1