Steve Holden wrote:
> Steven Bethard wrote:
>> Agreed. I really hope that Python 3.0 applies Raymond Hettinger's
>> suggestion "Improved default value logic for Dictionaries" from
>> http://wiki.python.org/moin/Python3%2e0Suggestions
>>
>> This would allow you to make the setdefault() call only once, instead
>> of on every lookup:
>>
>> class meh(dict):
>> def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
>> super(meh, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
>> self.setdefault(function=meh)
>>
>> STeVe
>>
> In fact, why not go one better and also add a "default" keyword
> parameter to dict()?
It's not backwards compatible:
>>> dict(default=4)
{'default': 4}
And I use the **kwargs form of the dict constructor often enough to hope
that it doesn't go away in Python 3.0.
STeVe
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