[Python-Dev] Proposal: dict.with_values(iterable)

[Victor Stinner]

Nice optimization! I have questions on the proposed API.

> with_values(self, iterable, /)
>     Create a new dictionary with keys from this dict and values from iterable.
>
>     When length of iterable is different from len(self), ValueError is raised.
>     This method does not support dict subclass.

In short, mydict.with_values(values) behaves as
dict(zip(mydict.keys(), values)), but is more efficient?

The method rely on the fact that dict is preserving key insertion order, right?


Le ven. 12 avr. 2019 à 15:47, Inada Naoki <songofacandy at gmail.com> a écrit :
> This might be usable for:
>
> * csv.DictReader
> * namedtuple._asdict()
> * DB-API 2.0 implementations:  (e.g. DictCursor of mysqlclient-python)

I guess that a new dict constructor taken keys and values like
dict.from_keys_and_values(keys, values) would work, but would not
benefit from the dict key-sharing optimization?

Would it be possible to implement the key-sharing optimization using a
dict.from_keys_and_values(mydict.keys(), values) method: detect that
keys are owned by a dict, and so create a new dict linked to the keys
dict? A dict view contains a reference to the iterated dict
(dictiterobject.di_dict).

I'm fine with dict.with_values() API, but I'm asking if it could be
written differently.

Victor
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