Thomas Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [About an ordered dictionary]
[snip]
> I cannot understand why people are against adding it to stdlib (after
> the name, the implementation, and the exact place have been decided).
> It's certainly a useful data type, isn't it?
Well, that was basically the question I posed. So far I've seen only
one use for it, and that one is better served by adding a function to
itertools. What use do you have for it other than filtering
duplicates from a list while retaining order?
Steve
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