Pre-PEP: Dictionary accumulator methods

[Aahz]

In article <JbL_d.8237$qN3.2116 at trndny01>,
Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>
>I would like to get everyone's thoughts on two new dictionary methods:
>
>        def count(self, value, qty=1):
>            try:
>                self[key] += qty
>            except KeyError:
>                self[key] = qty

You mean

    def count(self, key, qty=1)

Right?
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