>If we really want to make defaultdict feel more "builtin" (and I don't see
>any reason to do so), I'd suggest adding a factory function:
>
>dict.defaultdict(int)
 
Nice.

I agree -- what about:

dict.sorteddict() ??

make easy access to various built-in dict variations...

-CHB


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