[Python-Dev] PEP 469: Restoring the iterkeys/values/items() methods

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 11:41:35AM +0000, Kristján Valur Jónsson wrote:
> Wouldn't "iterkeys" simply be an alias for "keys" and so on?
> I'm +1 on that.

No.

[steve at ando ~]$ python2.7 -c "it = {}.iterkeys(); print it is iter(it)"
True
[steve at ando ~]$ python3.3 -c "it = {}.keys(); print(it is iter(it))"
False


> It is a signigificant portion of the incompatibility, and seems like 
> such a minor concession to compatibility to make.

I don't think it is a significant portion of incompatibility. Or at 
least, I think that the Twisted folks (or Nick, if he wants to speak for 
them) have to justify why it's significant.



-- 
Steven