Pre-PEP: Dictionary accumulator methods

[Greg Ewing]

Michele Simionato wrote:

> def defaultdict(defaultfactory, dictclass=dict):
>     class defdict(dictclass):
>         def __getitem__(self, key):
>             try:
>                 return super(defdict, self).__getitem__(key)
>             except KeyError:
>                 return self.setdefault(key, defaultfactory())
>     return defdict

That looks really nice!

I'd prefer a more elegant name than 'defaultdict', though.
How about 'table'?

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Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg