On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 06:17:24PM -0400, Wes Turner wrote:
What new syntax do you propose?
I don't propose new syntax. If this functionality is needed, regular method syntax will do the job without misleading people to th8ink that dicts are sequences that ought to support the full sequence API or the full set of list methods. One or the other of these methods should be sufficient for the uses I've seen: dict.getkey(index) # return key dict.getitem(index) # return (key, value) I'm not even convinced that there is a compelling use-case for this functionality at all, but one or both of the above seem more than sufficient. Once you have the key, you can do everything else. If there is a need to get the insertion index of a key, that could also be a method, but let's hold off adding that unless there is a good reason. -- Steven