[Python-3000] Default dict iterator should have been iteritems()

[Terry Reedy]

"Noam Raphael" <noamraph at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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| The reasoning is simple: Iteration over an object usually gets all the
| data it contains. A dict can be seen as an unordered collection of
| tuples (key, value), indexed by key. So, iteration over a dict should
| yield those tuples.

Given that viewpoint, yes.  But a dict can also be seen as a set of objects 
that happen to have a value attached (like a graph with labelled nodes, 
which is still 'made up of' nodes rather than (node,label) pairs).  From 
this viewpoint, yielding the objects is sensible.

By itself, I think the decision was a toss-up.  But consistency with 'in', 
which is not a toss-up, tips the balance.

tjr