On 18 Mar 2005 21:03:52 -0800 Michele Simionato wrote: MS> +1 for inc instead of count. MS> appendlist seems a bit too specific (I do not use dictionaries of MS> lists that often).
inc is too specific too. MS> The problem with setdefault is the name, not the functionality. The problem with functionality: d.setdefault(k, v) can't be used as lvalue. If it could, we wouldn't need count/inc/add/tally method. MS> get_or_set would be a better name: we could use it as an alias for MS> setdefault and then remove setdefault in Python 3000. What about d.get(k, setdefault=v) alternative? Not sure whether it's good idea to overload get() method, just an idea. -- Denis S. Otkidach http://www.python.ru/ [ru] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
