Where did we end-up on dict.copy()? Is the copy(obj) function sufficiently universal to replace the obj.copy() method used in sets and in dict imitators? Or does the need for import preclude it from consideration?
To me it seems that relationship between __copy__ and the copy() function is just as universal as the relationship between __len__ and len(). Am I missing something that makes d.copy() preferable to copy(d)? I don't think we'll ever get another chance to clean-up the mapping API and to remove duplicate functionality (the code for dict.__copy__ and dict.copy share the same implementation). Raymond _______________________________________________ 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
