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		bpicolo on July 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lily: An interpreted language with a focus on expr... To be fair, there's utility to avoid it: check first or do a .get(). That helps you be expressive about what you think should/should not exist

p1necone on July 20, 2018 [–]

I can definitely see the use in that. In some situations a given key not being present would actually be exceptional.

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