Steven Bethard schrieb: > A summary response to the issues raised so far... > > On what the name should be: > * Adam Olsen - countunique(), countdistinct(), countduplicates() > * Greg Ewing - counteach(), countall() > * Kevin Jacobs - tally() > * Guido - counts() is fine > So I guess I'll stick with counts().
I can live with counts(), though I always ask myself "who counts?" ;) > On whether the count of a missing item should be 0 or a KeyError: > * Brett Cannon - 0 > * Greg Ewing - 0 > Because the number of times an unseen item was seen is 0. So I'll > stick with returning 0. That's the normal behavior for a > defaultdict(int). +1 from me too for 0. > Raymond Hettinger suggested that the function should be called > dict.fromcount() instead. I lean towards the collections module > instead of a dict classmethod because the feedback above suggests that > the count of an unseen item should be 0. This means returning a > defaultdict(int), which might be a bit confusing from a classmethod of > *dict*. defaultdict.fromcount? Too obscure, I guess. Georg _______________________________________________ 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
