Aaron Brady wrote:

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-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Brady [mailto:castironpi@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:28 PM

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-----Original Message----- From: python-ideas-bounces@python.org [mailto:python-ideas- bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Brady

class GuardDefault: Val= object() def __call__( self, *args, **kwargs ): args=list(args) for i,j in enumerate( args ): if j is GuardDefault.Val: offset= self.callable.func_code.co_argcount-\ len(self.callable.func_defaults) args[i]= self.callable.func_defaults[i-offset] return self.callable( *args,**kwargs ) def __init__( self,callable ): self.callable= callable Do you have any interest in pursuing this?

Actually not too bad for functools. Does this take a proposal? -I- am God-awful at lengthy technical writing.

I suggest you post it on the python-list firsts and see what others think. They may offer alternative ways of doing it that will make it better based on how they will used it. Cheers, Ron