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

Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> 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.

heh, you are quite right ! What a pitfall...thanks for pointing it out :-)

Stefan