polymorphic function question

[joblack]

Let's say I've got a function with

def doesSomething(A='bla'):
....

and I try to call it with a non existent variable with

doesSomething(DoesNotExist)

What will happen? Will it throw an exception or will it take the
defautl value?

 

[Gregor Horvath]

Am Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:35:14 -0700 (PDT)

Let's say I've got a function with

def doesSomething(A='bla'):
...

and I try to call it with a non existent variable with

doesSomething(DoesNotExist)

What will happen? Will it throw an exception or will it take the
defautl value?

The interpreter is omniscient, just ask him:

Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Aug 29 2010, 12:36:23)
[GCC 4.4.5 20100824 (prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
.... pass
.... Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'DoesNotExist' is not defined