[Python-Dev] Re: A small proposed change to dictionaries' "get" method

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GE" == Greg Ewing <greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> writes:

    >> dict.default('hello', []).append('hello')

    GE> Is this new method going to apply to dictionaries only,
    GE> or is it to be considered part of the standard mapping
    GE> interface?

I think we've settled on setdefault(), which is more descriptive, even
if it's a little longer.  I have posted SF patch #101102 which adds
setdefault() to both the dictionary object and UserDict (along with
the requisite test suite and doco changes).

-Barry