Re: Way for see if dict has a key

Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:

value = dict.get(key, None)


value = dict.get(key)

Yes - but :
1/ not everybody knows that dict.get() takes a second optional param.
Note that, while it happens that the default return value of dict.get()
is the same as in the above example, but it may not have been the case.

2/ Since dict.get() implicitely returns None while getattr() defaults to
raising an AttributeError unless you provide a default, I prefer to be
very explicit when using dict.get().

You're right, and I would write that with explicit None too.
Just wanted to continue the shortening ;)

Georg
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