Peter Otten wrote:
>>>> How can I add a key in a thread-safe manner?
>>> I'm not entirely sure, but have you investigated dict.setdefault() ?
>>
>> but how setdefault makes sense in this context? It's used to set a
>> default value when you try to retrieve an element from the dict, not when
>> you try to set a new one ...
>
> But it also sets the value if the key is not found:
yeah, sure, but with a fixed value :)
I mean: if the value is not important, why bother at all trying not to
override it with an if or a lock or other tecniques? doing
d['key'] = 'fixed_value'
multiple times in different threads is not a problem in my eyes...
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