Steven Bethard wrote: > Guido commented in the tracker that it would be worth discussing > whether that last item (``item_counts['d']``) should return 0 (as a > defaultdict would) or raise KeyError (as a dict would).
If you've asked for a count of 'd's, and there aren't any 'd's, the most sensible answer would seem to be 0, not an exception. Also it would be a useful property if you were guaranteed that all items in the input sequence are usable as keys in the result without causing an exception. -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
