On 03.03.2017 21:09, Chris Barker wrote:
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Sven R. Kunze <srkunze@mail.de <mailto:srkunze@mail.de>> wrote:
For me to think (list/tuple).get() was needed would be if lots of folk either cast their lists to dicts or made their own list-dict class to solve that problem.
The easier solution would be to provide list.get ;-)
Exactly -- I think that was the point -- if there is a lot of custom code out there essentially adding a get() to a list -- then that would indicate that is is broadly useful.
For my part, I think casting a list to a dict is often the RIGHT way to address these issues.
You can't be serious about this. Especially because it would negate your response to Ed "conditional on a len() call is the way to go". Now you tell people to use "convert to dict". For my part, __getitem__ is the technical argument for this proposal. My experience and those of other contributors to this thread make for the "broadly useful" argument. Regards, Sven