Bengt Richter wrote: > >> > >> Because the empty list expression '[]' is evaluated when the > >> expression containing it is executed. > > > >Again you are just stating the specific choice python has made. > >Not why they made this choice. > Why are you interested in the answer to this question? ;-) Do you want > to write an accurate historical account, or are you expressing discomfort > from having had to revise your mental model of other programming languages > to fit Python? Or do you want to try to enhance Python in some way?
My WAG : Because it is usually presented as "this is the best way" rather than "this is the python way". For the former one, I think people would be curious of why it is best(or better than other considered alternative), as a learning excercise may be. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
