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Posts tagged default-argument

For questions related to working with (typically) function default arguments. A default argument is a value that is used to initialize an argument parameter when the caller does not provide a custom value for that parameter.

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Q&A Understanding mutable default arguments in Python

Consider this code example: def example(param=[]): param.append('value') print(param) When example is repeatedly called with an existing list, it repeatedly appends to the list, as ...

4 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 5d ago by matthewsnyder‭

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