[Python-Dev] Lukewarm about range literals (original) (raw)

Peter Schneider-Kamp nowonder@nowonder.de
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 13:41:30 +0000

Greg Wilson wrote:

BTW, I understand from side conversations that adding a 'keys()' method to sequences, so that arbitrary collections could be iterated over using: for i in S.keys(): print i, S[i] was considered and rejected. If anyone knows why, I'd be grateful for a recap.

If I remember correctly, it was rejected because adding keys(), items() etc. methods to sequences would make all objects (in this case sequences and mappings) look the same.

More accurate information from: http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=101178&group_id=5470

Peter

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