On Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 8:20 AM Marc-Andre Lemburg > If I instead write: > > def process_files(processor, files=deferred(os.listdir(DEFAULT_DIR))): > > it is pretty clear that something is happening at a different time than > function definition time :-) > > Even better: the deferred() object can be passed in as a value and does > not have to be defined when defining the function, since the function will > obviously know what to do with such deferred() objects. >
Gosh, that EXACTLY what I've been suggesting :-). Except I don't think 'deferred()' can just be a function as in Marc-André's example. The arguments would still evaluate too eagerly. I think it needs syntax or a keyword.
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