[Python-Dev] collections module

[Michael Hudson]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

>> A collections *package* is a fine idea.  I say "package" instead of
>> "module" because there are literally hundreds of container types,
>> and queues and bags are a tiny corner of that space.  An example
>> dear to my heart is BTrees (I maintain Zope's BTree implementation),
>> which is a wonderful way to get an associative mapping sorted by key
>> value.  BTrees have a large API all by themselves, so it wouldn't
>> make sense to try to squash them into a module along with 50 other
>> container types.
>
> Right.  +1 for a package.

I've added this idea to PEP 320 to try to stop it disappearing into
the murk...

Cheers,
mwh

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