[Python-ideas] Re: Conditional function/method/dict arguments assignments

I wouldn't call it tricky, it's actually quite straightforward: import inspect def extract_default(function, parameter): sig = inspect.signature(function) param = sig.parameters[parameter] return param.default def do_something(count=5): print(count) def do_something_twice(count=None): if count is None: count = extract_default(do_something, "count") do_something(count) do_something(count)