[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Iterators for dict keys, values, and items == annoying :) (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Mar 24 16:19:04 CET 2006


On 3/24/06, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

I do find it somewhat interesting that we're considering moving the standard containers to a more numpy-ish view of the world, though (i.e. one where multiple mutable views of a data structure are common in order to avoid unnecessary copying)

Would that philosophy be extended to slicing operations, though?

That's a question I hadn't though about yet. I'm not sure I like it, but it sure is consistent with other view APIs; like everywhere, if you need a separate object, you can place a list() around it.

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