R. David Murray rdmurray@bitdance.com added the comment:
I believe the description of __missing__ is there for those who want to subclass defaultdict, but I'll let Raymond confirm.
---------- nosy: +r.david.murray, rhettinger resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> pending type: -> behavior
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