Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <python-python-list@m.gmane.org>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:verizon.net': 0.07; 'terry': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'am,': 0.12; 'library': 0.13; 'dictionaries': 0.16; 'prompt?': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'jan': 0.19; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.22; "isn't": 0.33; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.34; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'like,': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; '11:10': 0.84; 'me!': 0.84
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
To: python-list@python.org
From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: building a dictionary dynamically
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:03:41 -0500
References: <4ea33a86-a329-45e1-a765-0cdacd8de57f@m24g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <a833cd4c-1cd1-4970-a6b9-cb9c3a2b98e1@w4g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> <6cbbbca9-49a6-4c8d-a00c-7ccfd24966d3@t30g2000vbx.googlegroups.com> <8c689454-157e-4b80-a1a0-41ae317ad207@i18g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-74-109-121-73.phlapa.fios.verizon.net
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0
In-Reply-To: <8c689454-157e-4b80-a1a0-41ae317ad207@i18g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.5494.1328598245.27778.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 10
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1328598245 news.xs4all.nl 6852 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45548
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:19949

On 2/6/2012 11:10 AM, noydb wrote:
> Adding to dictionaries just isn't obvious... if it's not dict.Add or
> dict.Appaned or the like, not obvious to inexperienced me!

Have you read section 4.8-mapping types, of the library manual?
Or help(dict) at the interactive prompt?

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy