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Author	meador.inge
Recipients	mark.dickinson, meador.inge, rhettinger, slwebber
Date	2012-08-08.04:16:22
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Message-id	<1344399384.1.0.00788528210284.issue14182@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Ah, good examples Mark. So, why is it ever useful keep a key with a value of zero? In other words, why: >>> Counter(a=0) Counter({'a': 0}) instead of: >>> Counter(a=0) Counter() ? The latter seems more consistent to me.

Ah, good examples Mark.  So, why is it ever useful keep a key with a value of zero?  In other words, why:

>>> Counter(a=0)
Counter({'a': 0})

instead of:

>>> Counter(a=0)
Counter()

?

The latter seems more consistent to me.

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Date	User	Action	Args
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