On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 12:36 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Toshio Kuratomi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Python-2.4 does have "setdefault" which is a misleading name (it doesn't > > "set" a "default") for something that can be made to replace defaultdict > > sometimes. > > > > Here's an example of making a replacement in python-fedora: > > http://bzr.fedorahosted.org/bzr/python-fedora-python-fedora-devel?cmd=revision;rev=397 > > > > Usually, if I was going to rewrite some code, I'd use a try: except: as > > it's clearer what's going on. Here's an example: > > I just try: except: the import. > > What's not clear to me is why defaultdict is needed at all in this > case. There is no call to default_factory and its default_factory > which lets you define a default value when a key is missing.
The value or callable passed to the constructor sets it. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <[email protected]> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
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