perhaps it's the same Bob Gailer in this thread here? -
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2005-February/035774.html, in
which case you should probably not see any such messages anymore.
-jf
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:06:51 -0500, Jacob S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got one or two, same reci
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 23:50:49 +0100, Abel Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> quoted lines are from Jeffrey Lim
> [... I have rearranged the order of the quotes ...]
>
thanks, Abel! Especially for the part on the 'C' concept of variables,
vs that of Pyth
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:38:20 -, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > My questions:
> >
> > [snip]
>
> [snip]
>
> HTH,
yes it did! I've already gotten it - but your explanation was just
simply beautiful (it really is). Thanks for the note about "not in
think in terms of C" as well - I'
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:05:23 -0800 (PST), Danny Yoo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> [snip]
>
> Does this make sense so far?
YES!!! Most perfectly!!! Thanks for your detailed step-by-step
analysis man - it was very helpful, and much appreciated...
>
> Looking back at the program, I think that you
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:51:42 -0700, Bob Gailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 02:22 PM 2/9/2005, Jeffrey Lim wrote:
> >and have the Common Courtesy to stop hijacking or rewriting other
> >people's thread titles unnecessarily pls. (Like when was this thread
> &g
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:12:22 -0800, Mike Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The function's local variable L is not static, but "default argument
> value" is, which is what the documentation means when it says that it
> will evaluate these only once. When the default value is a list (in
> your code,
and have the Common Courtesy to stop hijacking or rewriting other
people's thread titles unnecessarily pls. (Like when was this thread
ever about the change of email address change on your part???)
-jf
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:12:30 -0700, Bob Gailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 01:14 PM 2/9/2005, Jeffrey Lim wrote:
> >
> >Example 1
> > >>> def f(a,L=[]):
> >... if L==[5]:
> >... print 'L==[5] caught'
> >...
hey folks, i'm a relative newbie to python itself, and I am currently
learning by making my way through the tutorial found within the docs
of 2.4 (http://www.python.org/doc/2.4/tut/tut.html).
I am currently having a problem dealing with the concept of the
"default argument value" in python functio
