Don't use a global mutable and updated the doc string to include options

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pyramid/paster.py b/pyramid/paster.py
index b1a6d4c8b..6dd7f9086 100644
--- a/pyramid/paster.py
+++ b/pyramid/paster.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from pyramid.compat import configparser
 from logging.config import fileConfig
 from pyramid.scripting import prepare
 
-def get_app(config_uri, name=None, options={}, loadapp=loadapp):
+def get_app(config_uri, name=None, options=None, loadapp=loadapp):
     """ Return the WSGI application named ``name`` in the PasteDeploy
     config file specified by ``config_uri``.
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def _getpathsec(config_uri, name):
         section = name
     return path, section
 
-def bootstrap(config_uri, request=None, options={}):
+def bootstrap(config_uri, request=None, options=None):
     """ Load a WSGI application from the PasteDeploy config file specified
     by ``config_uri``. The environment will be configured as if it is
     currently serving ``request``, leaving a natural environment in place
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ def bootstrap(config_uri, request=None, options={}):
     for you if none is provided. You can mutate the request's ``environ``
     later to setup a specific host/port/scheme/etc.
 
+    ``options`` Is passed to get_app for use as variable assignments like 
+    {'http_port': 8080} and then use %(http_port)s in the
+    config file.
+
     See :ref:`writing_a_script` for more information about how to use this
     function.
     """
diff --git a/pyramid/tests/test_scripts/test_prequest.py b/pyramid/tests/test_scripts/test_prequest.py
index 76cb35881..91d2b322a 100644
--- a/pyramid/tests/test_scripts/test_prequest.py
+++ b/pyramid/tests/test_scripts/test_prequest.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ class TestPRequestCommand(unittest.TestCase):
         cmd.out = self.out
         return cmd
 
-    def get_app(self, spec, app_name=None, options={}):
+    def get_app(self, spec, app_name=None, options=None):
         self._spec = spec
         self._app_name = app_name
-        self._options = options
+        self._options = options or {}
 
         def helloworld(environ, start_request):
             self._environ = environ