What are the implications of using mutable types as default arguments in Python?
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Here is an example.
def list_as_default(arg = []):
pass
From: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/pytut/DefaultArgumentValues.html
The default value is evaluated only once. This makes a difference when the default is a mutable object such as a list, dictionary, or instances of most classes. For example, the following function accumulates the arguments passed to it on subsequent calls:
def f(a, L=[]):
L.append(a)
return L
print f(1)
print f(2)
print f(3)
This will print
[1]
[1, 2]
[1, 2, 3]
If you don't want the default to be shared between subsequent calls, you can write the function like this instead:
def f(a, L=None):
if L is None:
L = []
L.append(a)
return L
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