Nov-19-2020, 09:58 AM
If you change the behavior of pop, you'll break all existing code.
You can inherit from UserList a make your own special type.
The point is, that a dict has key-values, where the pop method must access explicit a key.
The pop of sequences is different. It takes the last value from the list, if no argument is supplied.
Otherwise, it will return the element with the given index.
Don't try this with dict, list and str. Often this won't work as expected.
You can inherit from UserList a make your own special type.
The point is, that a dict has key-values, where the pop method must access explicit a key.
The pop of sequences is different. It takes the last value from the list, if no argument is supplied.
Otherwise, it will return the element with the given index.
from collections import UserList class DefaultPop(UserList): def pop(self, index=-1, default=None): try: return super().pop(index) except IndexError: return default my_list = DefaultPop([1,2,3]) while True: value = my_list.pop(default=42) print(value) if value == 42: breakIn collections, you've UserDict, UserList and UserString for inheritance.
Don't try this with dict, list and str. Often this won't work as expected.
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