dictionary wart

[Jonathan Daugherty]

# That's a good point - thanks.
# 
# I think I will do it that way - but I still think it is a feature 
# lacking from the core language.

It's not lacking from the "core" language.  It was just shown that it
is, in fact, something you can accomplish by using the "core"
language.

Python isn't ruby; so don't compare them.

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