# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
# Date 1516138031 -3600
# Node ID a4df5857763aa7c6d23ef1224c11f1a098c2b2f4
# Parent  150bc6671fd6955bda61e9b5bfc8784e18fe66e6
Added an example of initialising parameters with defaults.

diff -r 150bc6671fd6 -r a4df5857763a docs/wiki/Design
--- a/docs/wiki/Design	Mon Jan 15 23:16:44 2018 +0100
+++ b/docs/wiki/Design	Tue Jan 16 22:27:11 2018 +0100
@@ -147,7 +147,18 @@
         pass
 }}}
 
-Naturally, `self` can also be omitted from such parameter lists.
+Naturally, `self`, being a reserved name in methods, can also be omitted from such parameter lists. Moreover, such initialising parameters can have default values.
+
+{{{#!python numbers=disable
+class C:
+    def __init__(.a=1, .b=2):
+        pass
+
+c1 = C()
+c2 = C(3, 4)
+print c1.a, c1.b # 1 2
+print c2.a, c2.b # 3 4
+}}}
 
 == Inheritance and Binding ==