Suggest: .get() method on lists.

[Gerrit Holl]

Hello,

What about having a get() method on lists?
I thought it would be useful, for example, for sys.argv. At the moment,
I have this code:

file = sys.stdin
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    file = sys.argv[1]

But this, would be much easier to read:
file = sys.argv.get(1, sys.stdin)

Of course, it's also possible to use multiple inheritance on
UserList and UserDict creating a DictionairyList for sys.argv,
because it's the only place I can think of such a feature would
be a Good Thing (TM).

it's-funny-to-browse-the-old-archives-and-see-who-already-was-here-ly y'rs - ger

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