On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:24:57 GMT, "Raymond Hettinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> def count(self, value, qty=1): > try: > self[key] += qty > except KeyError: > self[key] = qty > > def appendlist(self, key, *values): > try: > self[key].extend(values) > except KeyError: > self[key] = list(values) Why is it better than this? dict[key]+=n dict[key]+=list Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
