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

[Glenn Linderman]

On approximately 3/3/2009 4:51 PM, came the following characters from 
the keyboard of Greg Ewing:
> Terry Reedy wrote:
> 
>> I almost agree, except that the API uses the dict, not list, API.
> 
> Yes, as long as the API is dict-like, it really needs to
> be thought of as a kind of dict.
> 
> Perhaps the terminology should be
> 
>   ordereddict -- what we have here
> 
>   sorteddict -- hypothetical future type that keeps
>                 itself sorted in key order
> 


FIFOdict ?  Yeah, that blows the capitalization scheme, way, way out.

The problem with the ordereddict/OrderedDict/odict is that there are way 
too many possible orderings, and without being more specific 
(InsertionSequenceOrderPreservingDictionary) people are doing to think 
"sort" when they hear "ordered".

I think FIFOdict is a reasonable abbreviation for 
InsertionSequenceOrderPreservingDictionary :)

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