Python multimap

[Matt Nordhoff]

brad wrote:
> Recently had a need to us a multimap container in C++. I now need to
> write equivalent Python code. How does Python handle this?
> 
> k['1'] = 'Tom'
> k['1'] = 'Bob'
> k['1'] = 'Joe'
> ...
> 
> Same key, but different values. No overwrites either.... They all must
> be inserted into the container
> 
> Thanks,
> Brad

I don't know if this is exactly equivalent, but what about using a
defaultdict like this?

>>> from collections import defaultdict
>>> k = defaultdict(list)
>>> k['1'].append('Tom')
>>> k['1'].append('Bob')
>>> k['1'].append('Joe')
>>> k['1']
['Tom', 'Bob', 'Joe']
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