side effects on *some* default parameters

[Michael Hudson]

Jp Calderone <exarkun at intarweb.us> writes:

[why are argument defaults only evaluated once]

>   The actual reason is unknown to me, and may be as simple as "it is easier
> to implement" or "I [Guido] like it this way".

I think there would be nasties in the issue of the scope the defaults
got evaluated in.

Cheers,
M.

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