Steven D'Aprano wrote: > My philosophy is, any time you have an object that has a magic meaning > (e.g. as a sentinel), don't tempt your users to try to use it as if it > were an ordinary object.
In that case the simplest thing is to give _marker a more appropriate name such as '_use_late_bound_default_for_argument' or '_foot_gun_aim_fire'. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list