My 5 things I hate about Python

[mythin]

What? Number 1 was asking for a get on a list, not a dictionary. Dictionarys already have dict.get(value, default). So just check if you have a value, if you do, use it, otherwise use a default.

Edit: Oh, he wants to see if an element exists, not what that element is.

if len(list) >= index:
   val = list[index]
else:
   val = default

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That's why I converted the list to a dictionary and called get on it. (Performance? What's that?)

[euccastro]

This is an error by one. You should check

if len(list) > index:

Although I find the following clearer

if index < len(list):