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

method.

diff --git a/Lib/UserDict.py b/Lib/UserDict.py
index 2f4f541942c158dd6e56ce03c1689c4a140af50e..3b9b157938f9b1b1a6534a7a90790acc95815a42 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/UserDict.py
+++ b/Lib/UserDict.py
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ class UserDict:
        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