John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > You could use a second dict for the other type:
> >
> > def lookup(x):
> > if x in dict1: return dict1[x]
> > return dict2[x]
> >
> > dict1 would have the 4 special keys and dict2 would have the regular
> > keys.
>
>
> Ummm how do you get "the 4 special keys" in dict1?
oops, adjoin the type
def lookup(x):
if (x,type(x)) in dict1: return dict1[x]
return dict2(x)
so dict1 would contain tuples as keys, but just a few of them.
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