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

[Antoine Pitrou]

<rdmurray <at> bitdance.com> writes:
> 
> I actually like StableDict best.  When I hear that I think, "ah, the
> key order is stable in the face of insertions, unlike a regular dict".
> Nor can I at the moment think of an alternative explanation of what a
> "StableDict" might be.
> 
> That said, I have no problem with keeping OrderedDict as the name.
> ("Ordered does not mean sorted, it means insertion order preserving"
> may become a FQA (Frequent Question Answer :), but it is short and
> clear and takes no longer than explaining what a StableDict _is_.)

Thanks to Python (and Raymond :-)), I now know what polka dots are.

Python-improves-my-English-skills'ly yours,

Antoine.