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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py | 4 | 
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
| diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py index 711b5d79e..b822930cb 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py +++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):      _num_downloads = None      _screen_file = None -    def __init__(self, params={}): +    def __init__(self, params=None):          """Create a FileDownloader object with the given options."""          self._ies = []          self._ies_instances = {} @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):          self._download_retcode = 0          self._num_downloads = 0          self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)] -        self.params = params +        self.params = {} if params is None else params          if (sys.version_info >= (3,) and sys.platform != 'win32' and                  sys.getfilesystemencoding() in ['ascii', 'ANSI_X3.4-1968'] | 
