On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Dan Eloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A common python optimization is to replace: > > if key in dict: > dict[key] > > with > > try: > dict[key] > except KeyError: > pass > > The reasoning is that the try/except method is faster if no exception > is thrown, i.e. you expect the key to be in the dict most of the time.
It's always irritated me that Python dictionaries don't have the equivalent of TryGetValue. -- Curt Hagenlocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
