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class What(object):
def __init__(self, arg={}):
self.arg = arg
assert not len(self.arg)
arg[1] = 2
What()
# Whoops... arg is a mutable object
What()
"""
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "a.py", line 9, in <module>
What()
File "a.py", line 5, in __init__
assert not len(self.arg)
AssertionError
"""
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