What is a function parameter =[] for?

[Antoon Pardon]

Op 24-11-15 om 22:14 schreef BartC:
> On 24/11/2015 20:54, Antoon Pardon wrote:
>> Op 24-11-15 om 20:15 schreef Ian Kelly:
>>
>>>> But no matter what you want to call it. The dis module shows that
>>>> -42 is treated in exactly the same way as 42, which is treated
>>>> exactly the same way as () or as (5, 8, 13) which is treated
>>>> differently from [] or [5, 8, 13].
>>>
>>> This is an implementation detail. The compiler would also be free to
>>> compile -42 into byte code as the negation of the constant 42. That 42
>>> is a literal, on the other hand, is part of the language
>>> specification.
>>
>> I think you are picking nits. Sure the byte code could compile -42 into
>> a byte code for 42 and a negation. Just as it could compile 42 into byte
>> code for adding 32, 8 and 2.
>>
>> The point is, that the reverse isn't true. It couldn't compile [5, 8, 13]
>> into a LOAD_CONST.
> 
> I think it can, with a couple of extra instructions:

Sure it can with a couple of extra instructions. With extra instructions
you can always use constants to build a mutable. The point is that a
tuple can just be loaded as a constant without needing something extra.

-- 
Antoon.