[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Iterators for dict keys, values, and items == annoying :)
Robert Brewer
fumanchu at amor.org
Wed Mar 29 19:48:57 CEST 2006
Nick Coghlan wrote:
> There are three big use cases:
>
> dict.keys
> dict.values
> dict.items
>
> Currently these all return lists, which may be expensive in
> terms of copying. They all have iter* variants which while
> memory efficient, are far less convenient to work with.
I'm still wondering what "far less convenient" means. Is it simply the 4
extra key presses? I find the iter* variants to be a great solution.
Robert Brewer
System Architect
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org
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