On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 08:46 -0700, Cornelius Keller wrote: > On 10 Aug., 17:12, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote: > > Cornelius Keller wrote: > [snip] > > > > http://effbot.org/zone/default-values.htm > > > > Diez > > Ok thank you. > I' understand now why. > I still think this is very confusing, because default values don't > behave like most people would expect without reading the docs. > > - Cornelius
You are correct. This is confusing at first blush. The important thing to remember is: *don't do that.* Learn the pythonic workaround of using None in your parameters whenever you want a default empty list, and don't let it bother you too much. Overall, python is a remarkably well designed language. This is one of the relatively rare warts that crept in because it enables a broader cleanliness of design. Cheers, Cliff -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
