New submission from hannah: While there is documentation that dict.keys(), dict.values(), and dict.items() are now view objects(https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict-views), there's no mention dictviews, dict_keys, dict_values, and dict_items not being built-ins. This is confusing because type(dict.keys()) returns dict_keys, type(dict.values()) returns dict_values, etc., and the documentation uses `dictview` as the object signature, and so it's unclear how to do object introspection on dictview objects.
The #python-dev channel suggested that the canonical way to do the object introspection is to use the collections.abc.mapview types; the documentation for dicts should reflect this (and that dictview and the rest are not __builtin__ types/in the python namspace). ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 270672 nosy: docs@python, story645 priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Document checking dict types type: enhancement versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27544> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
