Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amaur...@gmail.com> added the comment: -1. Besides compatibility issues, defaultdict is a dict: it contains data, and is not meant to consume CPU when accessing items. Its "default" function should return initial values, like 0 or an empty list.
I think what you want is "memoization"; a memoized function still looks like a function! there are many implementations for python, one of these is here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDecoratorLibrary#Memoize ---------- nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc resolution: -> invalid status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12473> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
