Re: dict.setdefault()

From	rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: dict.setdefault()
Date	2011-04-11 19:58 -0700
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On Apr 11, 5:41 pm, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:

> A new method like "updatedefault" may be better, IMHO. It would act
> like "update" except that it wouldn't overwrite existing values.

That's sounds good MRAB! After you mentioned this i had an epiphany...
why not just add an extra argument to dict.update?

>>> dict.update(D, clobberexistingkeys=False)

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[Feature Request] dict.setdefault() rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-04-11 14:35 -0700
  Re: [Feature Request] dict.setdefault() Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2011-04-11 15:16 -0700
  Re: [Feature Request] dict.setdefault() MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-04-11 23:41 +0100
    Re: dict.setdefault() rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-04-11 19:58 -0700
      Re: dict.setdefault() Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2011-04-12 07:02 -0700
  Re: [Feature Request] dict.setdefault() Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-12 08:44 +1000
  Re: dict.setdefault() Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-04-11 15:49 -0700
  Re: [Feature Request] dict.setdefault() Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-04-11 15:53 -0700
  Re: [Feature Request] dict.setdefault() MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-04-11 23:59 +0100
  Re: [Feature Request] dict.setdefault() Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-04-11 18:25 -0500
    Re: dict.setdefault() Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-04-11 17:17 -0700

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