[Python-Dev] hello, new dict addition for new eve ? (original) (raw)

julien tayon julien at tayon.net
Fri Dec 30 15:26:29 CET 2011

Hello, Sorry to annoy the very busy core devs :) out of the blue

I quite noticed people were

  1. wanting to have a new dict for Xmas
  2. strongly resenting dict addition.

Even though I am not a good developper, I have come to a definition of addition that would follow algebraic rules, and not something of a dutch logic. (it is a jest, not a troll)

I propose the following code to validate my point of view regarding the dictionnatry addition as a proof of concept : https://github.com/jul/ADictAdd_iction/blob/master/test.py

It follows all my dusty math books regarding addition + it has the amability to have rules of conservation.

I pretty much see a real advantage in this behaviour in functional programming (map/reduce). (see the demonstrate.py), and it has a sense (if dict can be seen has vectors).

I have been told to be a troll, but I am pretty serious.

Since, I coded with luck, no internet, intuition, and a complete ignorance of the real meaning of the magic methods most of the time, thus the actual implementation of the addition surely needs a complete refactoring.

Sheers, Bonne fêtes Julien

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