[Python-Dev] Default constructor values (Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libfuncs.tex,1.134,1.135)

[Greg Ewing]

Guido:

> Types with constructors that insist on an argument are problematic to
> generic code that tries to instantiate a type by simply calling it.

Why on earth would you be trying to instantiate something
without having any idea what parameters are required?

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