[Python-ideas] crazy ideas

[Ian D. Bollinger]

Josiah Carlson wrote:
> In terms of having a syntax for deques, I honestly don't see the problem
> with deque([a,b,c]).  It has all of 6 more characters to type than your
> proposed d{a,b,c} syntax, without cluttering up the language with yet
> another bit of syntax that can be replaced with a 2 line function...
>
> def d(*args):
>     return deque(args)
>   
But what about all the memory overhead of constructing the list argument?!
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- Ian D. Bollinger