On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:12:49 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote about mutable defaults:
> Which is what we’re talking about > here: a language construct which is probably one of the top 3 sources of > grief to Python newbies. And not-so-newbies. I call bullshit. Maybe you should spend some time on the tu...@python.org mailing list for a while to see what the common problems newbies actually have. Mutable defaults are *way* down the list. In any case, Python isn't written solely for newbies. Most people will make this mistake once, or twice if they're particularly slow learning. If newbies have a problem with mutable defaults, oh well, they'll learn, or they'll give up and go back to griefing their friends on Facebook. Either way, problem solved. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
