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Feature request: Add get_or_compute/compute_if_absent function #401

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Inspired by computeIfAbsent from Java;

  • Search for a value by key.
  • If no value is found, compute a value and insert it.
  • Return a reference to the value.

For Sets, the expected behavior when they key is not found is to insert into a separate entry, rather than populating the entry associated with the key.

This would provide an easy and efficient path for people looking for this behavior, and avoid misuse of get_or_insert_with, which appears to do the same thing, but doesn't, see #399 and the discussion in #396.

I propose the name get_or_compute rather than following Java, since it makes it harder to accidentally use get_or_insert_with because autocomplete will suggest both.

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