On 8/6/2010 6:24 PM, Wolfram Hinderer wrote:
This is probably nitpicking, but the patch calls __missing__ a special method. However, unlike special methods, it is not invoked by "special syntax" but by the dict's __getitem__ method. (len() invokes __len__ on any object - you can't do something similar with __missing__.) __missing__ is also not listed as a special method on http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/datamodel.html#special-method-names However, "normal" special method lookup seems to be used.
Fair enough. Please add your comment to #9536 at bugs.python.org. Tx, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
