delete hash[key] deprecated???

[Stewart Gordon]

"Max Samukha" <samukha at voliacable.com.removethis> wrote in message 
news:9d2r74tuopl0dt05sgnkagss4gu4824k9m at 4ax.com...
<snip>
> If 'remove' was modified to return the removed value, more compact
> syntax would be possible:
>
> delete hash.remove("x");
<snip>

And what would remove do if the key is already not in the AA?  Return 
ValueType.init?  Throw an exception?

Stewart.

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