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

[Guido van Rossum]

> Very close is still not good enough :-)
> 
> I can't really believe that you're designing protocols that have
> to call unknown factory functions to see whether they do something
> particular or not.
> 
> If you really happen to have a need for this, why can't you
> introduce factory functions which take care of your particular
> use case ? I don't think it's common enough to risk accidental
> progamming errors in other user's code.

Marc, you haven't shown why it's so bad either, so please shut up.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)