[New-bugs-announce] [issue25286] views are not sequences

[Akira Li]

New submission from Akira Li:

The entry for *dict view* in the glossary may be clarified, to avoid
confusion with collection.abc.Sequence i.e., from:

  They are lazy sequences that will see changes in the underlying
  dictionary.

to something like:

  They provide a dynamic view on the dictionary’s entries, which means
  that when the dictionary changes, the view reflects these changes.

See https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-October/036682.html

I've attached the corresponding doc patch.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
files: dict-views-glossary.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 251995
nosy: akira, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: views are not sequences
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file40638/dict-views-glossary.patch

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