[Python-ideas] Documenting Python warts

[Oleg Broytman]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 11:34:47AM +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whichever way mutable objects in default args are handled, there are
> going to be strangenesses. Therefore the best thing to do is (almost
> certainly) the simplest.

   And the simples thing would be... let me think... forbid mutable
defaults altogether? Or may be make them read-only?
   Current implementation is the simplest from the implementation point
of view, but it requires additional documentation, especially for novice
users. Is it really the simplest?

Oleg.
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