Steve Holden wrote: [...] > The one that surprised me was the legality of > > def eggs((a, )=c): > pass > > That just seems like unpacking-abuse to me. > Needless to say, a call that tries to *use* the default value fails horribly, as the parameter form does require an iterable:
>>> def eggs((a, )=2.1): ... pass ... >>> eggs() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<stdin>", line 1, in eggs TypeError: 'float' object is not iterable >>> eggs((2.1, )) >>> regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
