On 09 Mar 2005 18:13:01 GMT, F. Petitjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Le Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:45:41 -0800, Dave Opstad a écrit :
> > In this snippet:
> >
> > d = {'x': 1}
> > value = d.get('x', bigscaryfunction())
> >
> > the bigscaryfunction is always called, even though 'x' is a valid key.
> > Is there a "short-circuit" version of get that doesn't evaluate the
> > second argument if the first is a valid key? For now I'll code around
> > it, but this behavior surprised me a bit...
> def scary():
> print "scary called"
> return 22
>
> d = dict(x=1)
> d.get('x', lambda *a : scary())
>
> # print 1
> d.get('z', (lambda *a : scary())())
> scary called
> 22
but:
>>> d.get('x', (lambda *a: test())())
test called
1
So how is this different than d.get('x', test()) ?
Peace
Bill Mill
bill.mill at gmail.com
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