Late-binding of function defaults (was Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?)

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>:

> Perhaps it would be easier if you point out that ‘x’ doesn't mean
> multiply either, and they've *already* been substituting that symbol
> instead of the correct ‘×’ for multiply.

In my childhood, we always used '·' for the multiplication sign until
senior high school, when the vector product was introduced.

I seem to recall ‘×’ was used in cartesian products already in junior
high.


Marko