[Python-Dev] non-mutating 'choose' to go with 'dict.popitem'?

Greg Wilson Greg.Wilson@baltimore.com
Sun, 6 May 2001 12:26:00 -0400


Has anyone else found themselves wanting a method that
chooses and returns a dictionary element at random, without
removing it (as popitem does)?  Or is there some way to
tell popitem to return a value without mutating the container?
If neither, would this be useful, or is it DHG?

Thanks
Greg