[Python-Dev] Proposal: defaultdict
Nick Coghlan
ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Feb 17 16:28:55 CET 2006
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.
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