Re: Is there a short-circuiting dictionary "get" method?

[Steve Holden]

Terry Reedy wrote:
"Skip Montanaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
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  value = d.get('x') or bsf()
Of course, this bsf() will get called if d['x'] evaluates to false, not 
just
None,

value = (d.get('x') is not None) or bsf() #??
Unfortunately this will set value to True for all non-None values of 
d['x']. Suppose d['x'] == 3:

 >>> 3 is not None
True
 >>>
regards
 Steve
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