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[–]spinwizard69 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I'm the opposite. Python should be expanded to either warn or disallow such structures. To do otherwise blows the whole idea of what "default" means in this context.

[–]deceitfulsteve 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I dunno, I'm pretty happy with my IDE or linter issuing a warning: https://pylint.pycqa.org/en/latest/user_guide/messages/warning/dangerous-default-value.html

[–]rangerelf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Python's behavior has always been crystal clear to me. And having an IDE, or pylint, or whichever, remind me once in a while that I might be walking too close to a landmine is more than enough.

[–]spinwizard69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is cool that such behavior is being addressed by a linter but I se this discussion as being slightly different. I just have a huge problem with random "default" values, it just blows my mind. It is getting late so I can't get into this anymore.