On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 10:51, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:26:05 -0700, abcd wrote: > > > class Foo: > > def __init__(self, name, data=[]): > > The binding of the name "data" to the empty list happens at compile time, > not runtime.
I think this statement needs to be clarified. The binding of "data" to the empty list *does* happen at runtime, not at compile time. However, the binding happens only once, when the "def" statement is executed, as opposed to every time the __init__ function is called. -Carsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
