[Python-Dev] Dict API refinements (was PEP 274) (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:39:41 +1300 (NZDT)

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>:

Should we adopt "dict" as an alias and keep "dictionary" as the official name, or vice versa, or simply eradicate dictionary and introduce dict in 2.2b2?

I'd say eradicate "dictionary". There Should Only Be One Way To Spell It.

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