[PATCH 3 of 4] util: avoid mutable default arguments

[Siddharth Agarwal]

# HG changeset patch
# User Siddharth Agarwal <sid0 at fb.com>
# Date 1442966118 25200
#      Tue Sep 22 16:55:18 2015 -0700
# Node ID 2e9d6b73a2a88c044175a05d32626b18afc0e889
# Parent  c10a294cdec22c49568da7863745085b19d846f7
util: avoid mutable default arguments

I almost introduced a bug around this code by accidentally mutating a default
argument. There's no reason for these to exist.

diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ def _sethgexecutable(path):
     global _hgexecutable
     _hgexecutable = path
 
-def system(cmd, environ={}, cwd=None, onerr=None, errprefix=None, out=None):
+def system(cmd, environ=None, cwd=None, onerr=None, errprefix=None, out=None):
     '''enhanced shell command execution.
     run with environment maybe modified, maybe in different dir.
 
@@ -739,6 +739,8 @@ def system(cmd, environ={}, cwd=None, on
 
     if out is specified, it is assumed to be a file-like object that has a
     write() method. stdout and stderr will be redirected to out.'''
+    if environ is None:
+        environ = {}
     try:
         sys.stdout.flush()
     except Exception:
@@ -1414,7 +1416,7 @@ def strdate(string, format, defaults=[])
         unixtime = localunixtime + offset
     return unixtime, offset
 
-def parsedate(date, formats=None, bias={}):
+def parsedate(date, formats=None, bias=None):
     """parse a localized date/time and return a (unixtime, offset) tuple.
 
     The date may be a "unixtime offset" string or in one of the specified
@@ -1434,6 +1436,8 @@ def parsedate(date, formats=None, bias={
     >>> tz == strtz
     True
     """
+    if bias is None:
+        bias = {}
     if not date:
         return 0, 0
     if isinstance(date, tuple) and len(date) == 2: