Re: [Python-ideas] Default return values to int and float

3 Oct 2011


      On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Masklinn masklinn@masklinn.net wrote:
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-0 on proposal, no big judgement (although it might cause issues:
if `int` and `float` can take a default, why not `dict` or
`Decimal` as well?), but
On 2011-10-03, at 11:57 , Chris Rebert wrote:
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Or would None just be inelegantly special-cased, or…?
Why inelegantly?
There are use-cases (albeit relatively rare) for non-None null values.
Special-casing NoneType would exclude those use-cases (which is a
entirely reasonable trade-off option to choose).
Cheers,
Chris