"ast" writes:
> Hello
>
> I saw in a code from a previous message in this forum
> a curious function argument.
>
> def test(x=[0]):
> print(x[0]) ## Poor man's object
> x[0] += 1
>
test()
> 0
test()
> 1
test()
> 2
>
> I understand that the author wants to implement a glo
ast wrote:
> Hello
>
> I saw in a code from a previous message in this forum
> a curious function argument.
>
> def test(x=[0]):
>print(x[0]) ## Poor man's object
>x[0] += 1
>
test()
> 0
test()
> 1
test()
> 2
>
> I understand that the author wants to implement a
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:07:14 +0100, ast wrote:
[function def with mutable default parameter]
> I understand that the author wants to implement a global variable x . It
> would be better to write 'global x' inside the function.
It may not be the case that the purpose was to implement a global
va
