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Re: [Python-Dev] How to update namedtuple asdict() to use dict instead of OrderedDict
by eamanu15 Feb. 1, 2019

Feb. 1, 2019

Hi! > Option 4) Just make the change directly in 3.8, s/OrderedDict/dict/, and > be done will it. This gives users the benefits right away and doesn't > annoy them with warnings that they likely don't care about. There is some > precedent for this. To make namedtuple class creation faster, the > *verbose* option was dropped without any deprecation period. It looks like > no one missed that feature at all, but they did get the immediate benefit > of faster import times. In the case of using regular dicts in named > tuples, people will get immediate and significant space savings as well as > a speed benefit. > +1 for option 4 Regards! eamanu

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