On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 12:19 PM Mirmojtaba Gharibi <mojtaba.ghar...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> With my proposal, using := to init (similar to how in math parlance, the
> := is used for defining something for the first time)
>
> Dic = {} # format fruit:count
> For fruit in fruits:
> Dic[fruit]:= 0
> Dic[fruit]+=1
>
To my eye, this does not look like a conditional assignment. And how would
an operator like this work with objects other than dicts?
Besides, it's easier and clearer to write this as
dic = defaultdict(int)
for fruit in fruits:
dic[fruit] += 1
--- Bruce
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