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Re:Notset: A Do-Not-Care value for Python by shmeedogg on Saturday November 10, 2012 @08:02PM (#4768349)
Interesting. I love the idea of not having to import an external library, but much like the `NotImplementedError` suggestion, it overloads a value that already has a specific meaning, in this case related to slice-notation.

I'd worry that this approach could end up being even more confusing.

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Re:Notset: A Do-Not-Care value for Python by rdtsc on Saturday November 10, 2012 @08:28PM (#4768426)
Yeah it is a hack but in 6 or 7 years of using Python I haven't once needed to use Ellipsis for its intended purpose. I always end up using it though for "not set" where None is one of the valid set values.
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