[Python-Dev] dict() enhancement idea?

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "JvR" == Just van Rossum <just@letterror.com> writes:

    >> Where _() does a sys._getframe() and automatically sucks the
    >> locals and globals for interpolation.  Works great, but it
    >> gives pychecker fits. :)

    JvR> You, my friend, are a sick man! But then again, I already
    JvR> knew that ;-)

You've read my poems. :)

    >> I like both the **kws addition as well as the
    >> keywords-as-attributes conveniences.

    JvR> I wouldn't propose the latter seriously as an enhancement to
    JvR> the dict object: imagine all the c.l.py posts we'll get of
    JvR> people who do

    >> d = {} d.keys = <whatever>

    JvR> and wonder why it blows up later... What Oren posted is a
    JvR> great hack in cases where you more or less know the kind of
    JvR> keys you're going to expect, but it isn't as great as a
    JvR> general feature of dicts.

Completely agreed!  I tried to weasel word that in a way to say I like
those for some applications, but not necessarily as part of dicts.

-Barry