On 11/04/2011 23:16, Westley Martínez wrote:
On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 14:35 -0700, rantingrick wrote:
setdefault should take **kw args in the case of needing to set
multiple defaults at one time. I would even settle for an *arg list if
i had to. Anything is better than...
d.setdefault(blah, blah)
d.setdefault(blah, blah)
d.setdefault(blah, blah)
d.setdefault(blah, blah)
if blah is not blah:
d.setdefault(blah, blah)
...nuff said.
PS: And to counter the very *extemely* likely chance of some smart
arse responses
* YES, i know i could create my own setdefault method but that is
not the point.
* I know we are under the moratorium but someone had to mention it,
--rr
Go to bugs.python.org
I'm not sure that "setdefault" should take **kw args for this because
of its existing argument structure (key + optional value).
A new method like "updatedefault" may be better, IMHO. It would act
like "update" except that it wouldn't overwrite existing values.
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