Pre-PEP: Dictionary accumulator methods

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

John Machin wrote:
> Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
>> John Machin wrote:
>> Are you kidding? If you know what "set" and "default" means, you will
> be
>> able to guess what "setdefault" means. Same goes for updateBy.
>>
> 
> No I'm not kidding -- people from some cultures have no difficulty at
> all in mentally splitting up "words" like "setdefault" or the German
> equivalent of "Danubesteamnavigationcompany'sdirector'swife"; others
> from other cultures where agglutinisation is not quite so rife will
> have extreme difficulty.

Okay - as I'm German I might be preoccupied on this matter <wink>

Reinhold