[Thomas Lehmann]
> In C++, programming STL you will use the insert method which always
> provides a position and a flag which indicates whether the position
> results from a new insertion or an exisiting element. Idea is to have
> one search only.
>
>
> if data.has_key(key):
> value = data[key
On Jun 25, 5:31 am, samwyse wrote:
> I need a dict-like object that, if it doesn't contain a key, will
> return the value from a "parent" object.
See: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/305268/
Also try subclassing dict and implementing a __missing__() method.
Raymond
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