On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:53:53 -0700, John Nagle wrote: >> This is a common newbie stumbling-block: Don't use lists (or anything >> mutable) as default argument values > > That really should be an error.
No it shouldn't. Punishing everybody for a newbie mistake that nobody makes twice would be the error. Default mutable arguments have their place, and there is an easy work- around for anyone who wants default arguments to be created on function invocation rather than function definition. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
