Python initialize multiple variables to the same initial value

Question

I have gone through these questions,

1. Python assigning multiple variables to same value? list behavior
   concerned with tuples, I want

Answer 1

A mix of previous answers :

def default(number, value = None):
    return [value] * number
    
o, p, q, r, s = default(5)
t, u = default(2, false)
v, w, x = default(3, {})
y, z = default(2, 0)