[Python-Dev] dict.supplement()

[Peter Funk]

Hi!
> > 	# pretend self and dict are dictionaries:
> > 	def supplement(self, dict):
> > 	    for k, v in dict.items():
> > 	        if not self.data.has_key(k):
> > 		    self.data[k] = v
 
Ka-Ping Yee schrieb:
> I'd go for that.  It would be nice to have a non-overwriting update().
> The only issue is the choice of verb; "supplement" sounds pretty
> reasonable to me.

In German we have the verb "ergänzen" which translates 
either into "supplement" or "complete" (from my  dictionary).  
"supplement" has the disadvantage of being rather long for 
the name of a builtin method.

Nevertheless I've used this in my class derived from UserDict.UserDict.

Now let's witch topic to the recent discussion about Set type:  
you all certainly know, that something similar has been done before by 
Aaron Watters?  see:
  <http://starship.python.net/crew/aaron_watters/kjbuckets/kjbuckets.html>

Regards, Peter
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