# Deep get functionality for dictionaries

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/deep-get-functionality-for-dictionaries/99356>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [July 19, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/deep-get-functionality-for-dictionaries/99356 "2025-07-19T10:56:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![blhsing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/blhsing/32/25812_2.png) [@blhsing](https://discuss.python.org/u/blhsing)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/deep-get-functionality-for-dictionaries/99356/14 "2025-07-30T02:53:59Z")

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I’d like something like this to be built-in too, but PEP-505 would offer much more general applications so you may want to voice your support for [Revisiting PEP 505](https://discuss.python.org/t/revisiting-pep-505/74568) instead.

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