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[Python-Dev] Re: dict.setdefault() (Patch#101102)

[Python-Dev] Re: dict.setdefault() (Patch#101102) [Python-Dev] Re: dict.setdefault() (Patch#101102)Andrew Kuchling akuchlin@mems-exchange.org
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:31:29 -0400
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 08:24:06AM -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>I know I'll be shouted down, but I still vote against a method that both
>sets and gets dict values.  I don't think the abbreviation in the source is
>worth the obfuscation of the code.

-1 from me, too.  A shortcut that only saves a line or two of code
isn't worth the obscurity of the name.

("Ohhh, I get it.  Back on that old minimalism kick, Andrew?"

"Not back on it.  Still on it.")

--amk




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