Fixed logic error in "Beware of default mutable arguments!"

larsks · larsks · commit 16c90f9b2429 · 2020-01-19T12:03:30.000-05:00
The example showing how using None as a default argument is used
instead of a mutable default argument had reversed logic.  It would
set default_arg to [] whenever the caller passed a non-None argument.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ def some_func(default_arg=[]):
 
     ```py
     def some_func(default_arg=None):
-        if default_arg is not None:
+        if default_arg is None:
             default_arg = []
         default_arg.append("some_string")
         return default_arg
