[Python-Dev] Add a frozendict builtin type (original) (raw)

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at haypocalc.com
Tue Feb 28 11:12:02 CET 2012


A frozendict type is a common request from users and there are various

implementations. There are two main Python implementations: Perhaps this should also detail why namedtuple is not a viable alternative.

It doesn't have the same API. Example: frozendict[key] vs namedtuple.attr (namedtuple.key). namedtuple has no .keys() or .items() method.

Victor



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