Bugs item #1427789, was opened at 2006-02-08 19:55
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jason (griminventions)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: List not initialized if used as default argument
Initial Comment:
class A( object ):
def __init__( self, someList = [] ):
self.someList = someList
if __name__ == "__main__":
for i in range( 10 ):
a = A()
a.someList.append( "abc" )
print a.someList
Instead of each instance of A getting an empty list, it
is somehow the same list as the previous instance of A.
It will not occur with the following change:
class A( object ):
def __init__( self ):
self.someList = []
I'm using Windows XP, Python 2.4.1.
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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (birkenfeld)
Date: 2006-02-08 20:13
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This is intended behavior. Default values for function
arguments are only evaluated once, so it's not advisable to
use mutables there.
Use None as default and create your empty list within the
constructor if None is given, as in your second example.
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Comment By: Georg Brandl (birkenfeld)
Date: 2006-02-08 20:13
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This is intended behavior. Default values for function
arguments are only evaluated once, so it's not advisable to
use mutables there.
Use None as default and create your empty list within the
constructor if None is given, as in your second example.
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