[Python-Dev] Another case for frozendict

[Nick Coghlan]

On 13 July 2014 13:43,  <dw+python-dev at hmmz.org> wrote:
> In its previous form, the PEP seemed more focused on some false
> optimization capabilities of a read-only type, rather than as here, the
> far more interesting hashability properties. It might warrant a fresh
> PEP to more thoroughly investigate this angle.

RIght, the use case would be "frozendict as a simple alternative to a
full class definition", but even less structured than namedtuple in
that the keys may vary as well. That difference means that frozendict
applies more cleanly to semi-structured data manipulated as
dictionaries (think stuff deserialised from JSON) than namedtuple
does.

Cheers,
Nick.

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