[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew23.tex,1.84,1.85
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Various additions and changes suggested by Raymond Hettinger
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--- 834,847 ----
(Patches contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
+ The dict() constructor now also accepts keyword arguments to simplify
+ creating small dictionaries:
+
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ >>> dict(red=1, blue=2, green=3, black=4)
+ {'blue': 2, 'black': 4, 'green': 3, 'red': 1}
+ \end{verbatim}
+
+ (Contributed by Just van Rossum.)
+
\item The \keyword{assert} statement no longer checks the \code{__debug__}
flag, so you can no longer disable assertions by assigning to \code{__debug__}.
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(Removed by Michael Hudson.)
+ \item \function{xrange()} objects now have their own iterator, making
+ \code{for i in xrange(n)} slightly faster than
+ \code{for i in range(n)}. (Patch by Raymond Hettinger.)
+
\item A number of small rearrangements have been made in various
hotspots to improve performance, inlining a function here, removing
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\item The \function{sample(\var{population}, \var{k})} function was
added to the \module{random} module. \var{population} is a sequence
! containing the elements of a population, and \function{sample()}
chooses \var{k} elements from the population without replacing chosen
elements. \var{k} can be any value up to \code{len(\var{population})}.
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\item The \function{sample(\var{population}, \var{k})} function was
added to the \module{random} module. \var{population} is a sequence
! or \code{xrange} object containing the elements of a population, and \function{sample()}
chooses \var{k} elements from the population without replacing chosen
elements. \var{k} can be any value up to \code{len(\var{population})}.
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\begin{verbatim}
! >>> pop = range(6) ; pop
! [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
! >>> random.sample(pop, 3) # Choose three elements
! [0, 4, 3]
! >>> random.sample(pop, 6) # Choose all six elements
! [4, 5, 0, 3, 2, 1]
! >>> random.sample(pop, 6) # Choose six again
! [4, 2, 3, 0, 5, 1]
! >>> random.sample(pop, 7) # Can't choose more than six
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
! File "random.py", line 396, in sample
! raise ValueError, "sample larger than population"
ValueError: sample larger than population
! >>>
\end{verbatim}
\item The \module{readline} module also gained a number of new
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\begin{verbatim}
! >>> days = ['Mo', 'Tu', 'We', 'Th', 'Fr', 'St', 'Sn']
! >>> random.sample(days, 3) # Choose 3 elements
! ['St', 'Sn', 'Th']
! >>> random.sample(days, 7) # Choose 7 elements
! ['Tu', 'Th', 'Mo', 'We', 'St', 'Fr', 'Sn']
! >>> random.sample(days, 7) # Choose 7 again
! ['We', 'Mo', 'Sn', 'Fr', 'Tu', 'St', 'Th']
! >>> random.sample(days, 8) # Can't choose eight
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
! File "random.py", line 414, in sample
! raise ValueError, "sample larger than population"
ValueError: sample larger than population
! >>> random.sample(xrange(1,10000,2), 10) # Choose ten odds under 10000
! [3407, 3805, 1505, 7023, 2401, 2267, 9733, 3151, 8083, 9195]
\end{verbatim}
+
+ (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
\item The \module{readline} module also gained a number of new
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identically on all platforms.
+ \item The \module{UserDict) has a new \class{DictMixin} class which
+ defines all dictionary methods for classes that already have a minimum
+ mapping interface. This greatly simplifies writing classes that need
+ to be substitutable for dictionaries, such as the classes in
+ the \module{shelve} module.
+
+ Adding the mixin as a superclass provides the full dictionary
+ interface whenever the class defines \method{__getitem__},
+ \method{__setitem__}, \method{__delitem__), and \method{keys}.
+ For example:
+
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ >>> import UserDict
+ >>> class SeqDict(UserDict.DictMixin):
+ """Dictionary lookalike implemented with lists."""
+ def __init__(self):
+ self.keylist = []
+ self.valuelist = []
+ def __getitem__(self, key):
+ try:
+ i = self.keylist.index(key)
+ except ValueError:
+ raise KeyError
+ return self.valuelist[i]
+ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+ try:
+ i = self.keylist.index(key)
+ self.valuelist[i] = value
+ except ValueError:
+ self.keylist.append(key)
+ self.valuelist.append(value)
+ def __delitem__(self, key):
+ try:
+ i = self.keylist.index(key)
+ except ValueError:
+ raise KeyError
+ self.keylist.pop(i)
+ self.valuelist.pop(i)
+ def keys(self):
+ return list(self.keylist)
+
+ >>> s = SeqDict()
+ >>> dir(s) # See that other dictionary methods are implemented
+ ['__cmp__', '__contains__', '__delitem__', '__doc__', '__getitem__',
+ '__init__', '__iter__', '__len__', '__module__', '__repr__',
+ '__setitem__', 'clear', 'get', 'has_key', 'items', 'iteritems',
+ 'iterkeys', 'itervalues', 'keylist', 'keys', 'pop', 'popitem',
+ 'setdefault', 'update', 'valuelist', 'values']
+ \end {verbatim}
+
+ (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
+
\item The DOM implementation
in \module{xml.dom.minidom} can now generate XML output in a
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suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
article: Simon Brunning, Michael Chermside, Scott David Daniels,
! Fred~L. Drake, Jr., Michael Hudson, Detlef Lannert, Martin von
! L\"owis, Andrew MacIntyre, Lalo Martins, Gustavo Niemeyer, Neal
! Norwitz, Chris Reedy, Vinay Sajip, Neil Schemenauer, Jason Tishler.
\end{document}
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suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
article: Simon Brunning, Michael Chermside, Scott David Daniels,
! Fred~L. Drake, Jr., Raymond Hettinger, Michael Hudson, Detlef Lannert,
! Martin von L\"owis, Andrew MacIntyre, Lalo Martins, Gustavo Niemeyer,
! Neal Norwitz, Chris Reedy, Vinay Sajip, Neil Schemenauer, Jason
! Tishler.
\end{document}