Checking default arguments

[Igor V. Rafienko]

[ George Sakkis ]

First of all, thanks to everyone who replied. 

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> I don't know why you might want to distinguish between the two in
> practice (the unique object idea mentioned in other posts should
> handle most uses cases), but if you insist, here's one way to do it:


There is no actual code situation where it happens. I was simply
intrigued by the problem and could not find an answer.

Since {}.pop behaves this way, I checked the C code. Apparently, it
*is* quite easy from C, since PyArg_UnpackTuple and clever initial
values (NULL vs. Py_None) make all the difference. 

The inspect-suggestion is, unfortunately, a bit more difficult to
comprehend than I initially hoped for :) 

Thanks for all the suggestions

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