[Python-ideas] Re: PEP 671 (late-bound arg defaults), next round of discussion!

On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 10:36:55AM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:

Same again. If you consider the equivalent to be a line of code in the function body, then the signature has become MASSIVELY more useful. Instead of simply seeing "x=<object object at 0x7fba1b318690>", you can see "x=>[]" and be able to see what the value would be. It's primarily human-readable (although you could eval it),

You: "it is impossible to evaluate the late-bound default outside of the function!" Also you: "Just eval the string." You can't have it both ways :-) -- Steve