[Python-ideas] Default arguments in Python - the return - running out of ideas but...

[Bruce Leban]

Here's what I'd like:

def myfunc(a, b, c = *lambda: expression):
  stuff

The use of the lambda keyword here makes the scope of any variables in the
expression clear. The use of the prefix * makes the syntax invalid today,
suggests dereferencing and doesn't hide the overhead. This is equivalent to:

__unset = object()
__default = lambda: expression
def mfunc(a, b, c = __unset):
  if c == __unset:
    c = __default()
  stuff

--- Bruce
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