> One thing I don't like about Python is one of the things so many others
> seem to like. Blocks defined solely by indent. It sounds reasonable
> enough, but you have only inadvertently to indent some code one
> character too few to totally break a program. I like unambiguous
> blocks.
I'm with you on that, but IMO it is far from the worst thing in Python.
Here's my favourite :-
def foo(newthing, allthings=[]):
allthings.append(newthing)
print allthings
Now try the following in order :-
foo("herring", ["knights", "shrubbery"])
foo("holy grail")
foo("herring", ["knights", "shrubbery"])
foo("holy grail")
The results are as follows :-
['knights', 'shrubbery', 'herring']
['holy grail']
['knights', 'shrubbery', 'herring']
['holy grail', 'holy grail']
I consider this to be a language bug, but the language designers see it as
appropriate behaviour :-)
Vic.
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