[Alex] >> I see d[k]+=1 as a substantial improvement -- conceptually more >> direct, "I've now seen one more k than I had seen before".
[Guido] > Yes, I now agree. This means that I'm withdrawing proposal A (new > method) and championing only B (a subclass that implements > __getitem__() calling on_missing() and on_missing() defined in that > subclass as before, calling default_factory unless it's None). I don't > think this crisis is big enough to need *two* solutions, and this > example shows B's superiority over A. FWIW, I'm happy with the proposal and think it is a nice addition to Py2.5. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com