Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, .setdefault() is a horrible name because it's not clear
> from the name that a 'get' operation also happens.
Agreed! From the name, a clever but naive user would assume that
"setdefault" sets what value the dictionary returns when a key does
not exist. On first encountering the name, one imagines:
>>> d = {}
>>> d[1]
KeyError: 1
>>> d.setdefault('missing')
>>> d[1]
'missing'
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Brandon Craig Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rhodesmill.org/brandon
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