[Python-Dev] collections module

[Moore, Paul]

From: Raymond Hettinger
> I am frankly surprised that so many here think that a collections module
> would be bad for the language.  Go figure.  It's not like these are new,
> untried ideas -- the goal was supposed be improving productivity by
> providing higher level tools.  A fast underlying implementation was just
> icing on the cake.

I think the "fast implementation" issue has triggered people's comments,
rather than the "higher level tools" one.

For the record, I'm +1 on the idea (as far as "higher level tools" goes).
I'm not too bothered, in practice, how efficient the implementation is, as
long as it's not visibly slower than using lists/dicts directly :-)

Paul.