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From: Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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Subject: Re: Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?)
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Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> writes:

> The great sticking point for the children I am teaching is '*' means
> multiplication. […] that one can swap out a particular convention 'x
> means multiply' and swap in another one '* means multiply' while
> leaving the underlying truth unchanged.

Perhaps it would be easier if you point out that ‘x’ doesn't mean
multiply either, and they've *already* been substituting that symbol
instead of the correct ‘×’ for multiply.

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