On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:31:37PM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > > I don't think I would agree with a broad rule "anything that raises can > > return a default value" -- I don't think it makes sense to have, let's > > say, len(obj, default=2). But on a case-by-case basis, it works for me. > > And that's exactly why a broad rule of "anything that raises can be > wrapped in a catcher" does make sense. Hence it may not be the same > thing, but it is an alternative solution that doesn't require > specifically angling for consistency.
True. I'm not arguing against the earlier PEP, I was in favour of it too. But even if we had exception-catching expressions, it would still make sense to add a default value to list.pop and perhaps a list.get method too. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
