Re: [Opencxx-users] Re: refining the Synopsis APIs

On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 12:35:31PM +0400, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> <aside>
> Isn't    
>    def __init__(self, files=None, declarations=None, typedict=None):
>       """Constructor"""
> 
>       if files is None: files = {}
> 
> reduntant? What about
> 
>    def __init__(self, files={}, declarations=None, typedict=None):
>       """Constructor"""
> 
> </aside>

No, in the latter case, the {} would be evaluated only once, and only
one dict would be constructed; all default-initialized objects would
end up sharing the same .files dict.

-- Nathaniel

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