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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:18:09 +1100
Subject: Re: Function __defaults__
From: Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com>
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http://docs.python.org/dev/reference/datamodel.html
Callable types
...
Special attributes:
...
__defaults__ 	A tuple containing default argument values for those
arguments that have defaults, or None if no arguments have a default
value 	Writable

I don't see any 'implementation detail' mark there, and 'Writable'
IMHO means it can be used.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Benjamin Kaplan
<benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> wrote:
> Jython 2.5.1 (Release_2_5_1:6813, Sep 26 2009, 13:47:54)

In 2.x it was func_defaults (http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html)
__defaults__ is 3.x feature

-- 
With best regards,
Daniel Kluev