On Thu, Mar 30, 2006, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > Java does it this way and I think we can do the same thing: > > keys() and items() return views that behave like sets; values() > returns a view that behaves like a collection (aka multiset or bag). > Neither behaves like a list, which means that the order is unspecified > (even though of course iteration reveals an order, there's nothing > that says the order needs to remain the same).
What do we want to tell people who have code like this: keys = d.keys() keys.sort() Not so much in terms of the fix, but where/why we drew the line about what's supported by the value returned by d.keys() and what's not. I'm not getting clarity about that from this discussion so far, and I think it's needed. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Look, it's your affair if you want to play with five people, but don't go calling it doubles." --John Cleese anticipates Usenet _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
