[Python-Dev] collections.sortedtree

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>:

> Perhaps the collections doc should mention that there are other
> specializes container types available on PyPI and either list some or
> point to a wiki page listing some. There must be at least 10 that
> could be included in such a list.

There *is* a relatively high threshold of importing C extensions from an
external source. If I build an application making use of them and advise
coworkers to use it, they would likely balk at having to compile them.
Not all machines have a development toolkit.

Furthermore:

   # which pip
   /usr/bin/which: no pip in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:\
   /usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin)
   # yum install pip
   No package pip available.


Marko