Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> On 2007-07-20, Alex Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all! >> >> I am pretty sure this has been asked a couple of times, but I >> don't seem to find it on the archives (Google seems to have a >> couple of problems lately). >> >> I am wondering what is the most pythonic way of dealing with missing >> keys and default values. >> >> According to my readings one can take the following approaches: > > There's also the popular collections.defaultdict. > > Usually, the get method of normal dicts is what I want. I use a > defaultdict only when the implicit addition to the dictionary of > defaulted elements is what I really want. > This looks like the closest to my needs, but in my case the default value involves the creation of a custom object instance that is taking parameters from the current execution context, so I am not very sure I can use it. ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
