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[Python-Dev] I'd like list.pop to accept an optional second

[Python-Dev] I'd like list.pop to accept an optional second [Python-Dev] I'd like list.pop to accept an optional secondChristian Tismer tismer@appliedbiometrics.com
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:39:27 +0200
"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
...
> Also, has anybody considered writing list.pop(..,default) this way:
> 
> if list:
>         obj = list.pop()
> else:
>         obj = default
> 
> No exceptions, no changes, fast as hell :-)

Yes, that's the best way to go, I think.
But wasn't the primary question directed on
an atomic function which is thread-safe?
I'm not sure, this thread has grown too fast :-)

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