[Python-ideas] getitem(obj, key, default) [was: Default return values to int and float]

Nick Coghlan dixit (2011-10-03, 13:03):

I'd sooner see a getitem/3 builtin that could be used to ignore any LookupError the way dict.get/3 allows KeyError to be ignored.

+1. It's probably quite common case. Regards. *j