[Python-ideas] `OrderedDict.sort`

[Ram Rachum]

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 09/24/2013 08:23 AM, Ram Rachum wrote:
>
>> On Sep 24, 2013 4:42 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/24/2013 05:27 AM, Ram Rachum wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think that your mistake is defining OrderedDict as a dict sorting by
>>>> insertion order. I see no reason to define it
>>>> that way [...]
>>>>
>>>
>>> Insertion order is the one that you either remember, or is lost.
>>>
>>
>> Ethan, you've misunderstood my message and given a correct objection to
>> an argument I did not make.
>>
>> I did not argue against ordering by insertion order on init. I agree with
>> that decision. I disagree with defining the
>> entire class as an insertion ordering class and refusing to allow users
>> to reorder it as they wish after it's created.
>>
>
> Two points:
>
>   - What happens when a new element is added to the OrderedDict after the
> user sorts it?
>

The exact same thing that happens if the user does `.move_to_end` and then
adds a new element, and the exact same thing that happens when a user does
`list.sort` and adds a new element, and the exact same thing that happens
when a user does `sorted(whatever)` and adds a new element. It just gets
put in the end.


>
>   - If by 'init' you mean something like `d = OrderedDict(a=1, b=2, c=3)`
> --
>     this does not preserve an insertion order as the keywords end up in a
>     regular, unsorted dict that is passed to OrderedDict.__init__


Does this relate to my proposal in any way? I don't see how. (I meant
__init__, I was typing from a phone.)


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