Ka-Ping Yee writes:

After further testing, it seems to come down to this:

Python 2.1a2 (#22, Feb 10 2001, 16:15:14) [GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)] on linux2 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> def spam(a, b): pass ... >>> def spam(a=3, b): pass ... SyntaxError: non-default argument follows default argument >>> def spam(a=3, b=4): pass ... >>> def spam(a, (b,)): pass ... >>> def spam(a=3, (b,)): pass ... Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Python 2.1a2 (#22, Feb 10 2001, 16:15:14) [GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)] on linux2 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> def spam(a=3, (b,)=(4,)): pass ... Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Try this: Index: compile.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Python/compile.c,v retrieving revision 2.162 diff -c -r2.162 compile.c *** compile.c 2001/02/09 22:55:26 2.162 --- compile.c 2001/02/11 16:19:02 *************** *** 4629,4635 **** for (j = 0; j <= complex; j++) { c = CHILD(n, j); if (TYPE(c) == COMMA) ! c = CHILD(n, ++j); if (TYPE(CHILD(c, 0)) == LPAR) symtable_params_fplist(st, CHILD(c, 1)); } --- 4629,4637 ---- for (j = 0; j <= complex; j++) { c = CHILD(n, j); if (TYPE(c) == COMMA) ! c = CHILD(n, ++j); ! else if (TYPE(c) == EQUAL) ! c = CHILD(n, j += 3); if (TYPE(CHILD(c, 0)) == LPAR) symtable_params_fplist(st, CHILD(c, 1)); } Clearly there should be a test for this - where? test_extcall isn't really appropriate, but I can't think of a better place. Maybe it should be renamed to test_funcall.py and then a test for this can go in. Cheers, M. -- Some people say that a monkey would bang out the complete works of Shakespeare on a typewriter give an unlimited amount of time. In the meantime, what they would probably produce is a valid sendmail configuration file. -- Nicholas Petreley