PyDefault - Uniform Default Values for Python

PyDefault allows for uniform assignment/generation of default values for common types in Python. The API comes in two forms - a function and a map.

Installation

You can install pydefault using pip via pip install py-default, or you may install it using pip using the GitHub repo URL. Distributions are also available from dist/ at the root of the repository.

Function API

from pydefault import default

class Person: ...

mynum = default(int) # initializes to 0
empty_list = default(list) # initializes to []

obj = default(Person) # initializes to None

Map API

from pydefault import default

class Person: ...

mynum = default[int] # initializes to 0
empty_list = default[list] # initializes to []

obj = default[Person] # initializes to None

Default Values

The following types resolve to the following default values:

• int -> 0
• bool -> 0 (False)
• complex -> complex()
• str -> ""
• float -> 0.0
• list -> []
• set -> set()
• dict -> {}
• anything else -> None