[Python-3000] ordered dict for p3k collections?

[Arvind Singh]

>
> I hope that Python gets a sorteddict and a
> sortedset.


It doesn't make sense for Python to have sorteddict or sortedset. You see,
dict can have  keys which cannot be ordered (keys can be heterogeneous, in
which case Py3K may raise TypeError; ordering doesn't make sense for the
objects used as keys) and same goes for set elements.

Sorting makes sense only as a run-time operation, in which case, the
programmer should be prepared to handle appropriate exceptions.

Btw, would you like a dict or set for which you have to handle exceptions at
every insertion?

-- 
Regards,
Arvind
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