[Python-3000] Need help completing ABC pep

[Nick Coghlan]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On 4/19/07, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>> On 4/19/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>> * "Also pop, popitem, setdefault?"
>>
>> Eh, my gut reaction is "no".  But you do have 'pop' on MutableSequence.
> 
> But for sequences it trivially maps on core methods. pop() for
> mappings is a little more convoluted (how to pick a random key? Just
> pick the first one I guess?)

pop() on dict requires you to say which key to pop, so a concrete 
Mapping.pop might look something like:

_sentinel=object()
def pop(self, k, d=_sentinel):
     try:
         v = self[k]
     except KeyError:
         if d is _sentinel:
             raise
         v = d
     else:
         del self[k]
     return v

>> I really don't like the name of Finite.  When I read the name before
>> knowing what it represented I really had no clue what it represented.
>> In hindsight it makes sense, but it not immediately obvious.
> 
> I have been playing with Sizeable and Lengthy, but rejected both as
> being too cute. Other suggestions?

Sized? Still not wonderful, but probably easier to figure out and 
remember than Finite.

Cheers,
Nick.

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