On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 7:23 PM Robert Vanden Eynde <robertv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The two are less connected than you seem to think. >> > > Really ? What's the use mainstream use cases for setdefault ? > I was often in the case of Alex. > Well, defaultdict configures a default when an instance is created, while setdefault() is used when inserting a value. A major issue IMO with defaultdict is that if you try to *read* a non-existing key it will be inserted. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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