[Zope] Re: Possible dictionary bug?

Max M maxm at mxm.dk
Mon Aug 23 16:50:35 EDT 2004


Garito wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I try these code in a Python Script:
> 
> A = dict()
> A['Example'] = 1
> 
> return A.update({'DoesItWorks': 'Perhaps'})

It is in fact a feature. It returns None to remind you that it changes a 
mutable object.

Python does this a lot. The example you will probably meet most often in 
the wild, is the list.sort() method, that doesn't return the list either.

I know that that one has fooled med a couple of times in the past.

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hilsen/regards Max M, Denmark

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