[Python-ideas] dict(default=int)

[Ryan Gonzalez]

Sometimes I feel that it would be neat of dict constructors (like proposed
previously in the thread) could also be chained, e.g.:


dict.ordered.default(int)(a=1, b=2)

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On May 29, 2017 2:06 PM, "Neil Girdhar" <mistersheik at gmail.com> wrote:

> A long time ago, I proposed that the dict variants (sorteddict,
> defaultdict, weakkeydict, etc.) be made more discoverable by having them
> specified as keyword arguments and I got the same feedback that the poster
> here is getting.  Now, instead of moving these classes into dict, why not
> have a factory like
>
> dict.factory(values=None, *, ordered=True, sorted=False,
> has_default=False, weak_keys=False, weak_values=False, …)
>
> If prefers the keyword-argument as options to the keyword-argument as
> initializer magic, they can set:
>
> dict = dict.factory
>
> Best,
>
> Neil
>
> On Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 5:58:43 PM UTC-5, Chris Barker wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >If we really want to make defaultdict feel more "builtin" (and I don't
>>> see
>>> >any reason to do so), I'd suggest adding a factory function:
>>> >
>>> >dict.defaultdict(int)
>>>
>>
>>
>>> Nice.
>>>
>>
>> I agree -- what about:
>>
>> dict.sorteddict() ??
>>
>> make easy access to various built-in dict variations...
>>
>> -CHB
>>
>>
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