I don't put it into the function because it's data.  In this case I'm somewhat ambivalent though.  If you want to put it in there that's fine with me.  In general though I don't like adhering to PEP-8 blindly.  There have been many occasions when I think that PEP-8 strictly degrades readability.  I like PEP-8 as a guideline but don't want it to have veto power over other considerations.

This is a small case that we can effectively ignore (by putting the data within the function.)  I suspect that this disagreement will come up later.