[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-458860 ] delitem not supported by Weak*Dicts

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Bugs item #458860, was opened at 2001-09-05 13:03
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>Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Tim Hochberg (tim-hochberg)
>Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: delitem not supported by Weak*Dicts

Initial Comment:

Python 2.2a1

Example:

>>> w = weakref.WeakKeyDictionary()
>>> w[c] = 1
>>> del w[c]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "C:\Python22\lib\UserDict.py", line 16, in 
__delitem__
    def __delitem__(self, key): del self.data[key]
KeyError: <__main__.C instance at 0081DB54>
>>>

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>Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-09-05 13:15

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Yup, still the case in CVS.

Looks like a straightforward bug.  Assigned to weakref's
author, Fred Drake. (Fred: you can use any instance as 'c'
in the example.)

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