[Patches] [ python-Patches-1438113 ] dict.getdefault() implementation

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Patches item #1438113, was opened at 2006-02-24 14:20
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Category: Core (C code)
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Barry A. Warsaw (bwarsaw)
Assigned to: Barry A. Warsaw (bwarsaw)
Summary: dict.getdefault() implementation

Initial Comment:
This article:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-February/061748.html

describes dict.getdefault() as a replacement for
dict.setdefault().  Here is a candidate implementation.


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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-02-24 21:01

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I'm not entirely sure how to explain to newcomers what the
hell the difference between getdefault and setdefault is,
and what their names have to do with it.

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Comment By: Thomas Wouters (twouters)
Date: 2006-02-24 16:52

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Super, looks great, excellent cut-and-paste work there, Barry. Let's check this in 
while Guido is too busy talking to people at Pycon to notice. ;-)


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