[ python-Bugs-1238170 ] threading.Thread uses {} as default argument

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Bugs item #1238170, was opened at 2005-07-14 07:37
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Category: Threads
>Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Simon Dahlbacka (sdahlbac)
>Assigned to: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld)
Summary: threading.Thread uses {} as default argument

Initial Comment:
threading.Thread.__init__ uses {} as default argument
for kwargs,
shouldn't this be the usual
def __init__(...,kwargs=None,...)
....if kwargs is None:
........kwargs = {}

In normal cases, this is probably not a problem but it
makes it possible to f*ck things up.

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>Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2005-07-15 03:57

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This seems reasonable to me.

Reinhold, would you like to do the honors (2.5 only)?

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