e-mail address change (was Re: [Tutor] python's default argument value handling in functions - weird syntax? problem grappling with the concept)

[Jeffrey Lim]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:05:23 -0800 (PST), Danny Yoo
<dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
>
> Does this make sense so far?

YES!!! Most perfectly!!! Thanks for your detailed step-by-step
analysis man - it was very helpful, and much appreciated...

> 
> Looking back at the program, I think that you meant to write:
> 
> ###
> initialList = []
> def f(a,L=initialList):
>     if L==[5]:
>         print 'L==[5] caught'
>         print L
>         print 'resetting L...'
>         del L[:]             ## Resets the initial value to the empty list
>     L.append(a)
>     return L
> ###
> 

yeah man - i guess i was just still stuck in the "non-object-oriented"
thinking rut... I believe you  have just about clarified all the
doubts that i've had about the whole thing which prompted my question
to the list in the first place!

thanks a lot...
-jf