[Python-Dev] Proposal: defaultdict

Fri Feb 17 16:28:55 CET 2006

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Nick Coghlan wrote:
>>> Using Guido's original example:
>>>> d.get(key, [], True).append(value)
>> hmm. are you sure you didn't just reinvent setdefault ?

I'm reasonably sure I copied it on purpose, only with a name that isn't 100% 
misleading as to what it does ;)
I think collections.defaultdict is a better approach, though.
Cheers,
Nick.
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