Method get

recipes/Python/496842_Sized_Dictionary/recipe-496842.py:19–28

(self, name, default=None, do_set=False)

    # Recommended but not required:
    def get(self, name, default=None, do_set=False):
        try:
            return self.__getitem__(name)
        except KeyError:
            if default is not None:
                if do_set:
                    self.__setitem__(name, default)
                return default
            else:
                raise

class CacheDict(dict):
    ''' A sized dictionary with a timeout (seconds) '''