[Doc-SIG] Some random thoughts

Edward Welbourne Edward Welbourne <eddyw@lsl.co.uk>
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:45:18 +0000


>> >     try: val = dict[key]
>> >     except KeyError: val = default
>> Yeah, that's fairly evil as is the whitespace abuse <wink>.
> Especially because it should be spelled
>   val = dict.get(key, default)

Heh.  At the end of this week, I leave my present job and finally get to
say goodbye to python 1.3 ... but, until then,

>>> bok = {1:2}
>>> bok.get
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: get

so now you know why I don't write it like that ;^}

	Eddy.