Paul Winkler wrote:
> Hi Rob, I mostly agree strongly with you, but for the sake of the
> non-python experts in our midst, I can't resist pointing out that
> this suggestion:
> 
>>     def member_project_brains(self, member=self.loggedinmember):
>>         ### identical to 'project_brains_for' above
> 
> ... doesn't work. You'll get a NameError at class definition time,
> because default args need to be resolvable then, and
> self.loggedinmember doesn't make sense there.

right, thanks for the catch.

> 
> The usual idiom works:
> 
>     def member_project_brains(self, member=None):
>          if member is None:
>              member = self.loggedinmember
>          ...
> 

-r