[Python-Dev] dict.addlist()

[Nick Coghlan]

Josiah Carlson wrote:

>>The meaning of d[k] is significantly different in section A than it was 
>>in section B.
> 
> For most any reasonable program, previous lines of execution determine
> the context of later lines.

True. I guess it was more a matter of dictionaries acquiring a piece of
'magical state' which had fairly profound non-local effects on their
behaviour.

The dictionaries 'default value' just seems to be something that
shouldn't change, whereas the actual data stored in the dictionary
changes all the time.

Still, I can't even convince myself that there's actually anything to be
concerned about there, so that's the last I'll say about it.

Regards,
Nick.

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