Thanks Chris,
yes it's becoming clearer now.
And defaultdict looks nice - unfortunately I'm stuck to python 2.4 as I'm
using Plone.
Thanks again,
Daniel
2009/11/11 Chris Rebert
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Daniel Jowett
> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
&
;, 'pear', 'orange', 'banana'], 'banana': ['apple',
'orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana']}
>>>
>From what I can work out, there is only ONE list that is referenced from the
dictionary 4 times. Which would be because the *same empty list* is assigned
to every key in the dictionary by the "fromkeys" line. But that seems
*seriously
*counter-intuitive to me...
Would anyone beg to differ and try to rewire my thinking? (I'm from a Java
background if that helps)
I've already solved the problem a different way, but I am concerned about
this counter-intuitiveness as I see it.
rgds,
Daniel Jowett
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