def __missing__(self, key):
        if self.default_factory is None:
            raise KeyError(key)
        else:
            ret = self[key] = self.default_factory(name=key)
            return ret
def test_supertype(self):
        self.assert_(isinstance(None, NullType))
        self.assert_(isinstance(Optional('a'), NullType))
        self.assert_(isinstance(NotPassed, NotPassedType))
        self.assert_(isinstance(NotPassed, NullType))