[Python-Dev] Add a frozendict builtin type

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at haypocalc.com
Tue Feb 28 11:12:02 CET 2012


> A frozendict type is a common request from users and there are various
>> implementations. There are two main Python implementations:
>
> Perhaps this should also detail why namedtuple is not a viable alternative.

It doesn't have the same API. Example: frozendict[key] vs
namedtuple.attr (namedtuple.key). namedtuple has no .keys() or
.items() method.

Victor


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