Georg Brandl wrote: >> But that can only work if you are the author of f. Take the >> following code: >> >> def myrepeat(obj, times = xxx): >> return itertools.repeat(obj, times) >> >> What value do I have to substitue for xxx, so that myrepeat >> will have the exact same function as itertools.repeat? > > There's no possible value. You'll have to write this like > > def myrepeat(obj, times=None): > if times is None: > return itertools.repeat(obj) > else: > return itertools.repeat(obj, times)
or: def myrepeat(*args): return itertools.repeat(*args) </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list