This post is based on a gist I wrote a while ago, about why is not a good idea to pass default mutable objects as parameters in python function definitions.
While the gist is explained through an example that uses lists, the principle is applicable to all sorts of objects (dictionaries, sets, etc.).
If you are an experienced python developer, you probably knew this caveat, nevertheless is something interesting to show to new python developers, and to remember even if you have been writing code in Python for years.