> d = {'name':'foo'}
>
> ### all this instructions have the same result
> d['name'] = d.get('name', 0) + 'bar'
> d['name'] = += 'bar'
>
> For what I use *x.get* ????
Try
print d['sex']
print d.get('sex','male')
Now do you see a difference?
get() fetches the current contents or the default provided
if the key does not exist. Thus it never fails and causes
an error.
HTH,
Alan G.