I would like to get everyone's thoughts on two new dictionary methods:
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)
They look as a special-case to me. They don't solve the problem for lists of sets or lists of deques for instance, not to mention other possible user-defined containers.
defaultdicts look to me as a solution that is more elegant and solves more problems. What is the problem with them?
-- Ciao, Matteo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
