changeset 91:70544c7406e2

add illustration program for mutable arguments, since this comes up a bunch
author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:30:19 -0700
parents 6d09c2a8e5e9
children 01b37da36316
files python/mutable_defaults.py
diffstat 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+class Foo(object):
+  def __init__(self, mutable=['default']):
+    self.foo = mutable
+    self.foo.append(1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  bar = Foo()
+  print len(bar.foo)
+  fleem = Foo()
+  print len(fleem.foo)
+  assert len(fleem.foo) == 2, "Don't use default mutable arguments!"