Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
> Ayaz Ahmed Khan wrote:
>
>> "James Stroud" typed:
>>
>>> py> def doit(a, b, c, x=14):
>>> ... pass
>>> ...
>>> py> doit.func_code.co_argcount
>>> 4
>>> py> doit.func_code.co_varnames
>>> ('a', 'b', 'c', 'x')
>>> py> doit.func_defaults
>>> (14,)
>>>
>> Neat.
>>
> How do you know the 14 corresponds to x ?
>
Well, there is one optional argument (len(doit.func_defaults)==1) and
those *must* come after mendatory arguments. More generally: If a
function has n optional args, they're the n last ones. There is never
any ambiguity.
/W
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