binary key in dictionary

[John Gordon]

In <9004a556-958f-4d1d-81a7-4d1b731348c5 at googlegroups.com> cerr <ron.eggler at gmail.com> writes:

> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "gateway.py", line 2485, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "gateway.py", line 2459, in main
>     cloud_check()
>   File "gateway.py", line 770, in cloud_check
>     gnstr_dict[src] = gn_from_cloud(curr_mac)
>   File "gateway.py", line 2103, in gn_from_cloud
>     tmpgndict[binmac] += "HELLO"
> KeyError: '\x04\xeeu'

You're not assigning to tmpgndict[binmac]; you're appending to it.  This
requires that tmpgndict[binmac] already exists, which it does not.

Make sure that tmpgndict[binmac] exists before you try appending to it.

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