On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 7:00 PM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> I challenge that assertion. I've never knowingly seen a function where > the late binding is "buried deeper in the function", certainly not deep > enough that it is not obvious. It is a very strong convention that such > late binding operations occur early in the function body. > > You know, before you use the parameter, not afterwards *wink* > I've seen this and recently. The case is where the evaluation of the default expression might be expensive, and is only used depending on the value of other arguments. --- Bruce
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