
On 1 Dec 2021, at 17:59, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 4:40 AM Barry Scott <barry@barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
On 1 Dec 2021, at 06:16, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote: 3) If "yes" to question 1, would you use it for any/all of (a) mutable defaults, (b) referencing things that might have changed, (c) referencing other arguments, (d) something else?
yes (a) What does (b) mean? example please. yes (c)
global_default = 500 def do_thing(timeout=>global_default): ...
If the global_default timeout changes between function definition and call, omitting timeout will use the updated global.
Similarly, you could say "file=>sys.stdout" and if code elsewhere changes sys.stdout, you'll use that.
On a case-by-case basis I might still put defaulting into the body of the function if that made the intent clearer. I could see me using @file=sys.stdout. Barry
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