17 Feb
2006
17 Feb
'06
11:07 p.m.
Adam Olsen wrote:
You could pass a float in as well. But if the function is documented as taking a dict, and the programmer expects a dict.. that now has to be changed to "dict without a default". Or they have to code defensively since d[key] may or may not raise KeyError, so they must avoid depending on it either way.
Can you give an example of real, existing code that will break if a such a dict is passed? Regards, Martin