Keyword arguments - strange behaviour?

[Steve Holden]

harold fellermann wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I cannot see any strange behavior. this code works exacly as you and I 
> suspect:
> 
>  >>> def otherfunction(x) :
> ....     return x
> ....
>  >>> def function(arg=otherfunction(5)) :
> ....     return arg
> ....
>  >>> function(3)
> 3
>  >>> function()
> 5
> 
> Or is this not what you excepted?
> 

Channelling the effbot, I think he was asking what namespace context you 
expected the expression "arg=otherfunction(x)" to be evaluated in when 
it's used at the time of a function call to dynamically create a new 
default value for arg.

regards
  Steve
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