[Python-3000] Iterators for dict keys, values, and items == annoying :)
Adam DePrince
adam.deprince at gmail.com
Wed Mar 29 17:45:33 CEST 2006
> set interface where we could have a __container__/__view__/__set__
Why would I call a method to get a view on an object when the object can
just as well implement the view? The *only* time we want to call a
method to get a view is when there is not one, single, completing
definition of the object's canonical perspective should be.
List has a single obvious view. If you really want to see a list as a
setview, just pretend it doesn't implement OrderedView and
CollectionView. Down-casting by neglect works fine.
Dict doesn't, there are 4 possiable views. The mapping view provided
directly by the dict, and keys/values/items.
- Adam DePrince
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