Code Bash!!! (CacheDictionary)

[Andrew Dalke]

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry:
>*) maxlength=1000, I belive this variable is poorly named.  A dictionary
>is not 10 items long, it contains 10 items.  Something like maxitems
>or maxcount.

>>> d = {"a": "b", "c": "d"}
>>> len(d)
2
>>>

A dictionary *can* be written as having a length, although "maxlen"
would probably be more technically correct.  To me, "maxcount" reminds
me of the "count" method of string, so I would ask "count of what?"

                    Andrew
                    dalke at dalkescientific.com