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 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.boredomandlaziness.org _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com