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In article <WPqdnYlb6LfHcMjbnZ2dnUVZ_urin...@speakeasy.net>, > > Anyone who finds this surprising, might enjoy reading this > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/2de5e1c8384c0360 > If so, be sure to click "More options," then "View thread," and then In article <1179983482.452458.188...@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
Erik Max Francis <m...@alcyone.com> wrote:
> Donn Cave wrote: Not that it is of no historical interest to review all these
> > article from the time several years ago when the feature
> > was being considered. When you have some time - it's long,
> > but interesting. The present confusion is more directly
> > addressed towards the end. Yes, it's the Laura Creighton
> > article again:
> read the responses. There were many reasonable objections to her points.
reasonable arguments, but allow me to restore the context quote
from my follow-up:
Paul McGuire <pt...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> This has *got* to rank up there among the VFAQ's of them all, along Donn Cave, d...@u.washington.edu
> with the mysterious shared default empty list argument. I think this
> particular question has been asked in one form or another at least
> twice a week for the past month!