Function _handle_default

mne/defaults.py:359–374

Avoid dicts as default keyword arguments. Use this function instead to resolve default dict values. Example usage:: scalings = _handle_default('scalings', scalings)

(k, v=None)

def _handle_default(k, v=None):
    """Avoid dicts as default keyword arguments.

    Use this function instead to resolve default dict values. Example usage::

        scalings = _handle_default('scalings', scalings)

    """
    this_mapping = deepcopy(DEFAULTS[k])
    if v is not None:
        if isinstance(v, dict):
            this_mapping.update(v)
        else:
            for key in this_mapping:
                this_mapping[key] = v
    return this_mapping


HEAD_SIZE_DEFAULT = 0.095  # in [m]