On 12/01/2014 10:29 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>> On 12/01/2014 10:05 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there a way to set the default_factory of defaultdict so that
>>> accesses to undefined keys get to set to the key?
>>
>> You need to subclass and modify __missing__ to actually pass along the key:
>>
>> --> class defaultdictkey(defaultdict):
>> ... def __missing__(self, key):
>> ... self[key] = self.default_factory(key)
>> ... return self[key]
>> ...
>>
>> and in action:
>>
>> --> huh = defaultdictkey(lambda k: k)
>> --> huh
>> defaultdict(<function <lambda> at 0x7fe1305de3f0>, {})
>> --> huh['x']
>> 'x'
>> --> huh['x']
>> 'x'
>> --> huh.get('y')
>> --> huh['y']
>> 'y'
>> --> huh.get('y')
>> 'y'
>
>
> I spoke too soon:
>
>>>> class defaultdictkey(defaultdict):
> ... def __missing__(self, key):
> ... self[key] = self.default_factory(key)You missed the third line here ^ ... return self[key] -- ~Ethan~
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