[Python-Dev] PEP 372 -- Adding an ordered directory to collections ready for pronouncement

[Armin Ronacher]

Hi,

Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> writes:
> Anyway, it seems the collections module in particular is already
> internally inconsistent -- NamedTuple vs. defaultdict. In a sense
> defaultdict is the odd one out here, since these are things you import
> from some module, they're not built-in. Maybe it should be renamed to
> NamedDict?
I suppose you mean "DefaultDict".  That would actually be the best solution. 
Then the module would be consistent and the new ordered dict version would go by
the name "OrderedDict".

Regards,
Armin

PS.: so is datetime.datetime a builtin then? :)