On Nov 1, 7:30 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek- central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <20101021235138.609fe...@geekmail.invalid>, Andreas Waldenburger > wrote: > > > While not very commonly needed, why should a shared default argument be > > forbidden? > > Because it’s safer to disallow it than to allow it.
That's why Java is the way that it is, right? It tries -- too hard, some would say -- to "protect" the programmer from making "mistakes." -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
