New submission from Toshihiro Kamiya <t-kam...@aist.go.jp>:
I found the syntax of collections.defaultdict is confusing, at least to
me.
When I need a defaultdict of int, that is, a defaultdict which contains
int objects, I can write simply:
a = defaultdict(int)
However, when I want a defaultdict of defaultdict of something, I can't
write:
d = defaultdict(defaultdict(int))
This raises TypeError.
I understand the argument of defaultdict is not a type (or class), but
a factory by definition. So I should to write:
d = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(int))
But this syntax is somehow confusing to me.
Am I missing some important feature of defaultdict?
The workaround that I've found is:
import collections
class __Helper(object):
def __getitem__(self, ctor):
return lambda: collections.defaultdict(lambda: ctor())
genericdefaultdict = __Helper()
This helper introduce some generics flavor in defaultdict.
The above cases can be spelt out:
a = genericdefaultdict[int]()
d = genericdefaultdict[genericdefaultdict[int]]()
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components: Library (Lib)
files: ddh.py
messages: 92193
nosy: t-kamiya
severity: normal
status: open
title: Some uniformness in defaultdict
type: feature request
versions: Python 2.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file14824/ddh.py
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