dpapathanasiou <denis.papathanas...@gmail.com> writes: > But every subsequent call returned the results of the prior call, > plus the results of the current call. > > I was confused until I read in the docs that default arguments are > immutable.
You'll continue to be confused if you use that term. Python already has a specific use of the term “immutable”, and it doesn't apply here. Better to say: default arguments are part of the function definition statement, and are evaluated when the definition is evaluated. -- \ “To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no | `\ choreography, and the dancers hit each other.” —Jack Handey | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
