On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 at 07:15, Zach Victor <zmvic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree that "implicit" does not mean "code that one dislikes." The intent is
> "delete entry if key exists." Is that implicit or explicit?
>
"[R]emove specified key and return the corresponding value", with a
default if there isn't one. Is that explicit enough?
> Positing a default value to discard it as a return value is, arguably, what
> makes the intent of that construction implicit. I say "arguably," because
> that is the material that is under consideration (not whether one likes it).
>
You're welcome to create your own function to wrap it up, if you
really think that that's a problem:
def discard(dict, key):
_ignoreme = dict.pop(key, None)
del _ignoreme # because it's not explicit enough to just abandon an object
Is that an improvement?
ChrisA
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