[Python-ideas] Adding a thin wrapper class around the functions in stdlib.heapq

[Greg Ewing]

Chris Angelico wrote:
> So the question is more: why, with Python being the way it is, do the
> heap functions operate on a list? I think heapq.heapify is the answer:
> in linear time, it heapifies a list *in place*.

There's no reason a Heap object couldn't accomodate that
case. E.g. the constructor could optionally accept an
existing list to heapify and wrap.

-- 
Greg