What value should be passed to make a function use the default argument value?

[Thomas Jollans]

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:16:57 -0700, "LaundroMat" <Laundro at gmail.com> let
this slip:

> Suppose I have this function:
> 
> def f(var=1):
> return var*2
> 
> What value do I have to pass to f() if I want it to evaluate var to 1?
> I know that f() will return 2, but what if I absolutely want to pass a
> value to f()? "None" doesn't seem to work..
> 
> Thanks in advance.

a) if you feel that your program needs to pass a value, fix the program.

b)
>>> def f(v=1):
...   return v*2
... 
>>> f()
2
>>> f(1)
2
>>> f(*[1])
2
>>> f(*[])
2
>>> 

*[list] is the reverse of def f(*args)

-- 
Thomas Jollans alias free-zombie