Re: How safe is this way of getting a default that allows None?

[Tim Chase]

On 12/25/11 18:49, Dan Stromberg wrote:

How safe is this?  I like the idea.

UNSPECIFIED = object()

def fn(x, y=UNSPECIFIED):
    if y is UNSPECIFIED:
       print x, 'default'
    else:
       print x, y

safe?  It's idiomatic :)

-tkc


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