UserDict.get(): New method to mirror built-in dictionaries' get()

warsaw · warsaw · commit fc3e61cd2816 · 1997-10-06T17:50:04.000Z
method.
diff --git a/Lib/UserDict.py b/Lib/UserDict.py
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ def update(self, other):
 	else:
 	    for k, v in other.items():
 		self.data[k] = v
+    def get(self, key, failobj=None):
+	if self.data.has_key(key):
+	    return self.data[key]
+	else:
+	    return failobj
