popkey() method for dictionaries?

[Fernando Pérez]

Janto Dreijer wrote:

> http://python.org/dev/doc/devel/whatsnew/node12.html
> Is this what you're looking for?
> 
> I love that time machine :-)

Nice  :) It's almost what I suggested, but lacks the -optional- argument for a 
default value. This really seems like an oversight to me, and it violates the 
principle of least surprise: d.get() has an optional default, but d.pop() 
does not? They are functionally almost identical, except that pop() does a 
delete afterwards. Why do these two methods have non-uniform interfaces??

I'd like to hear from one of the powers-that-be on this one. Or should a SF 
bug be filed against it?

Cheers,

f.