Re: Default mutable parameters in functions

From	random832@fastmail.us
References	<ac388f0b-8951-42af-a94f-33abdb7231e7@googlegroups.com> <lhkuue$m4j$1@ger.gmane.org>
Subject	Re: Default mutable parameters in functions
Date	2014-04-04 10:00 -0400
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.8893.1396620027.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 20:38, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> I just wish I had a quid for every time somebody expects something out 
> of Python, that way I'd have retired years ago.  At least here it's not 
> accompanied by "as that's how it works in <some other language>".

I can't imagine a language that would work that way. For one, it would
also imply that passing a value would change the default for future
calls even for non-mutable types.

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Default mutable parameters in functions fbicknel@gmail.com - 2014-04-03 11:49 -0700
  Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-04-03 15:32 -0600
  Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-04-03 14:44 -0700
  Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-04-03 20:27 -0400
  Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-04-04 01:38 +0100
  Re: Default mutable parameters in functions random832@fastmail.us - 2014-04-04 10:00 -0400
    Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-04 14:34 +0000
      Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-05 09:47 +1100
  Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-04-04 19:23 -0400
    Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-04-04 19:38 -0400
  Re: Default mutable parameters in functions Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-04-04 22:21 -0400

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