Python wish list

[bramcohen]

Now that the moratorium on Python language features is over, I'll put in my thoughts on what new stuff the language could use. I don't have much to suggest, and what I do have to suggest is fairly minor. This is because I'm happy with the language.

new on default parameters

One of the gotchas in python is that default parameters are reused, so if

Comments

[ciphergoth]

WRT dictionary scrambling: maybe what you need is a way to arrange for your own class to take the place of "dict"?

[bramcohen]

Yes, but that would involve extensive changes to my whole codebase for what should be a single call.

[ciphergoth]

No, I mean a way for Python to use your class whenever you refer to "dict" or {} or similar.

[bramcohen]

I don't think it has that functionality, not so much monkey patching in Python.

[figg]

technically, you can monkey patch python with judicious use of ctypes, but I don't think that really counts as a solution.