Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment: I checked a bit. All the 'index' entries in the index are about sequences. However, https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html has this abstract (non-Python) description:
"Mappings These represent finite sets of objects indexed by arbitrary index sets. The subscript notation a[k] selects the item indexed by k from the mapping a; ... Dictionaries These represent finite sets of objects indexed by nearly arbitrary values." I personally would prefer 'keyed' or 'subscripted' and 'key'to prevent confusion. The entry then switches to the usual Python term 'key'. "The only types of values not acceptable as keys ... a key’s hash value ... used for keys ..." https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#mapping-types-dict uses 'index' once as a verb, otherwise uses 'key'. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35077> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com