On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:05:23 -0800, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > Do you really want a "default" argument that changes value depending > upon actions performed in the /surrounding/ scope?
And if you do, it is easy to get: default_y = "something" def parrot(x, y=None): if y is None: y = default_y -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list