UserDict deprecated

[Steve Holden]

Wolfgang wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Alex Martelli wrote:
> 
>> The DictMixin class from the UserDict module is *not* deprecated -- only
>> the UserDict class from the same module.  (If you found info saying
>> otherwise pls provide a URL: the info is wrong and I'll try to get it
>> fixed -- thanks!).  DictMixin's purpose is exactly as you state: letting
>> you make a complete mapping class out of one which only supplies the
>> very basics, by mix-in inheritance.
> 
> 
> If UserDict is deprecated why is it still used in the os module ?
> (in python V. 2.4)
> 
> The std lib should be a good example for python coding, if something
> is deprecated it should not be used in the std lib.
> 
> Some weeks ago I had ten minutes of spare time and rewrote the 'os' 
> module to use dict and there was no problem with it.
> But due to lack of time I was not able to run tests and submitted no 
> patch. I will try this next week.
> 
> bye by Wolfgang
> 
Good for you! When you've fixed that up, you might want to take a look 
at cgi.py, dumbdbm.py, shelve.py and weakref.py as well ;-)

regards
  Steve
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