Should `dict.items()` be indexable now that dicts are ordered? I say yes. Why shouldn't it?
Would there be a way to ensure that this had the same time complexity as indexing of sequences? If "yes", I would support this — I think it would be useful in some situations, and it would be more efficient than existing mechanisms to obtain the nth key from a dictionary. If (as I presume), the answer is "no", then I would not support this — I think it would give the misleading impression that obtaining the nth key/value from a dictionary is just as efficient as obtaining the nth item from a list or tuple. Best, Alex
On 10 Oct 2021, at 05:05, Finn Mason <finnjavier08@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 9:56 PM Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
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Newbies won't know first() lives in itertools, and those experienced enough to know it is there probably won't bother to use it.
A very good point.
Let's get back to the original topic. Should `dict.items()` be indexable now that dicts are ordered? I say yes. Why shouldn't it?
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