On May 20, 10:38 am, Thomas Bellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Arnaud Delobelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > from collections import defaultdict > > d = defaultdict(int) # That means the default value will be 0 > > for person in people: > > d[person.fav_food] += 1 > > Ah! I didn't think of using int as the factory function. If you > use this, then I believe the warning I gave about performance > does not apply; my understanding is that calling built-in functions > (like the int constructor) is fast. > > -- > Thomas Bellman, Lysator Computer Club, Linköping University, Sweden > "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have ! bellman @ lysator.liu.se > only proved it correct, not tried it." ! Make Love -- Nicht Wahr!
Arnaud, that is so badass re: int -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
