Function __defaults__

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Sun Apr 24 05:58:32 EDT 2011

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Consider this in Python 3.1:
>>> def f(a=42):
... return a
...
>>> f()
42
>>> f.__defaults__ = (23,)
>>> f()
23
Is this an accident of implementation, or can I trust that changing 
function defaults in this fashion is guaranteed to work?
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Steven

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