[Python-Dev] {}.getitem() (was Re: PEP-0218)

[Peter Funk]

M.-A. Lemburg:
> Shouldn't be hard to do... the C API for this is already in place:
> PyDict_Next(). I'd prefer a method .getitem(), though, which then
> returns a tuple (key, value).

IMO '.pickitem()' would be a better name, since many people would
think, that 'getitem()' would take some kind of index as parameter.
Nevertheless I think this is a nice idea, though.

Regards, Peter
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