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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2003-06-18 17:14:29 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2003-06-18 17:14:29 (GMT)
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Include "instances of most classes" in a warning about mutable objects
as default values of function/method parameters.
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@@ -1388,8 +1388,9 @@ will print \code{5}.
\strong{Important warning:} The default value is evaluated only once.
This makes a difference when the default is a mutable object such as a
-list or dictionary. For example, the following function accumulates
-the arguments passed to it on subsequent calls:
+list, dictionary, or instances of most classes. For example, the
+following function accumulates the arguments passed to it on
+subsequent calls:
\begin{verbatim}
def f(a, L=[]):