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A small proposed change to dictionaries' "get" method...)

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Hi Tim!

Tim Peters:
[...]
> Ha!  I *told* Guido people would think that's the proper use of something
> named setdefault <0.9 wink>.
[...]
>     dict.getorset('hi', []).append(42)  # getorset is my favorite

'getorset' is a *MUCH* better name compared to 'default' or 'setdefault'. 

Regards, Peter

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