huge cleanup for removing mutables used as default

[sfa.git] / sfa / rspecs / elements / element.py

diff --git a/sfa/rspecs/elements/element.py b/sfa/rspecs/elements/element.py
index 7f79e81..36ad12f 100644 (file)
--- a/sfa/rspecs/elements/element.py
+++ b/sfa/rspecs/elements/element.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ class Element(dict):
 
     fields = {}
 
-    def __init__(self, fields={}, element=None, keys=None):
+    def __init__(self, fields=None, element=None, keys=None):
+        if fields is None: fields={}
         self.element = element
         dict.__init__(self, dict.fromkeys(self.fields))
         if not keys: