Paul Moore wrote: > Given the above, I see no case where I'd want to use dict.copy(). So > I'm in favour of removing it.
Personally I don't think I would even notice if the entire contents of the copy module disappeared. I've never used either form of generic copying. In the rare cases when I do want to copy something, I know what type I'm dealing with and have specific ideas on how to copy it, so I write code accordingly. Generic copying in Python seems like an anti-pattern to me, and not something that should be encouraged. -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | Carpe post meridiem! | Christchurch, New Zealand | (I'm not a morning person.) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ 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
