[Python-Dev] Mundane dict __setitem__...

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 03 Jun 2003 11:20:16 -0400


> > Bad idea.  There are no guarantees whether the key will be updated or
> > not.
> 
> Too bad.  It's better to update the key.

Why?  You haven't given us much of a clue about your use case.

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