[Python-Dev] Proposal: defaultdict

[Nick Coghlan]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Nick Coghlan wrote:
> 
>> Using Guido's original example:
>>
>>   d.get(key, [], True).append(value)
> 
> hmm.  are you sure you didn't just reinvent setdefault ?

I'm reasonably sure I copied it on purpose, only with a name that isn't 100% 
misleading as to what it does ;)

I think collections.defaultdict is a better approach, though.

Cheers,
Nick.

-- 
Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
---------------------------------------------------------------
             http://www.boredomandlaziness.org