MNT: Replace dict default values with None and update in method body

src/caosadvancedtools/crawler.py

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def separated(text):
     return "-"*60 + "\n" + text
 
 
-def apply_list_of_updates(to_be_updated, update_flags={},
+def apply_list_of_updates(to_be_updated, update_flags=None,
                           update_cache=None, run_id=None):
     """Updates the `to_be_updated` Container, i.e., pushes the changes to LinkAhead
     after removing possible duplicates. If a chace is provided, uauthorized
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ def apply_list_of_updates(to_be_updated, update_flags={},
         Id with which the pending updates are cached. Only meaningful if
         `update_cache` is provided. Default is None.
     """
+    if update_flags is None:
+        update_flags = {}
 
     if len(to_be_updated) == 0:
         return

src/caosadvancedtools/models/parser.py

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ debug : bool, optional
 def parse_model_from_json_schema(
         filename: str,
         top_level_recordtype: bool = True,
-        types_for_missing_array_items: dict = {},
+        types_for_missing_array_items: dict = None,
         ignore_unspecified_array_items: bool = False,
         existing_model: Optional[dict] = None
 ):
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ def parse_model_from_json_schema(
     about the limitations of the current implementation.
 
     """
+    if types_for_missing_array_items is None:
+        types_for_missing_array_items = {}
+
     if existing_model is not None:
         raise NotImplementedError("Adding to an existing model is not implemented yet.")
 
@@ -706,8 +709,11 @@ class JsonSchemaParser(Parser):
     # @date 2022-02-17
     # @review Timm Fitschen 2023-05-25
 
-    def __init__(self, types_for_missing_array_items={}, ignore_unspecified_array_items=False):
+    def __init__(self, types_for_missing_array_items=None,
+                 ignore_unspecified_array_items=False):
         super().__init__()
+        if types_for_missing_array_items is None:
+            types_for_missing_array_items = {}
         self.types_for_missing_array_items = types_for_missing_array_items
         self.ignore_unspecified_array_items = ignore_unspecified_array_items
 

src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py

@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ def date_converter(val, fmt="%Y-%m-%d"):
         return datetime_converter(val, fmt=fmt).date()
 
 
-def incomplete_date_converter(val, fmts={"%Y-%m-%d": "%Y-%m-%d",
-                                         "%Y-%m": "%Y-%m", "%Y": "%Y"}):
+def incomplete_date_converter(val, fmts=None):
     """ if the value is already a datetime, it is returned otherwise it
     converts it using format string
 
@@ -124,6 +123,8 @@ def incomplete_date_converter(val, fmts={"%Y-%m-%d": "%Y-%m-%d",
         keys are the formats into which the input value is tried to be
         converted, values are the possible input formats.
     """
+    if fmts is None:
+        fmts = {"%Y-%m-%d": "%Y-%m-%d", "%Y-%m": "%Y-%m", "%Y": "%Y"}
 
     for to, fro in fmts.items():
         try: