Bengt Richter wrote: > My guess is that realistically default_factory will be used > to make clean code for filling a dict, and then turning the factory > off if it's to be passed into unknown contexts.
This suggests that maybe the autodict behaviour shouldn't be part of the dict itself, but provided by a wrapper around the dict. The you can fill the dict through the wrapper, and still have a normal dict underneath to use for other purposes. Greg _______________________________________________ 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
