Is it possible to do something like this in Python?
def func(list, l = len(list)):
print list, l
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This is usually how it is done
def func(list, l = None):
if l is None:
l = len(list)
print list, l
As a side note, avoid using built-in type/function names as your variable names(like list here)
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This is as close as you can get:
def func(list, l = None):
print list, l if l is not None else len(l)
The default parameters are evaluated when the function is first encountered. Since list is not known at that point, this is not what you want.
