Yeah, a datapoint I didn't see mentioned is searching on public github repos for import sortedcontainers (which includes from sortedcontainers import).
Obviously it's just one datapoint but it shows a very small count compared to other packages mentioned when looking at many of the stats available: https://github.com/search?q=import+sortedcontainers+language%3APython&type=code https://github.com/search?q=import+pylint+language%3APython&type=code https://github.com/search?q=import+black+language%3APython&type=code https://github.com/search?q=import+mypy+language%3APython&type=code https://github.com/search?q=import+django+language%3APython&type=code Damian On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 11:39 AM Marc-Andre Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: > On 12.11.2021 17:10, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 10:07:13AM -0500, Paul Ganssle wrote: > > > >> I knew about sortedcontainers and I also don't remember ever seeing a > >> situation where I needed one or recommended its use. > > > > We have a very odd situation where apparently sortedcontainers is one > > of the most well-known, popular, most heavily downloaded libraries on > > PyPI. According to here: > > > > https://hugovk.github.io/top-pypi-packages/ > > > > sortedcontainers is the 290th most popular package on PyPI, ahead of > > such luminaries as pylint, black, selenium, mypy, django and nose. > > > > And yet, nobody(?) admits to either using it or knowing what it could be > > used for. How very curious :-/ > > Those download stats can be misleading. Packages are often pulled in > as a dependency of other packages which are popular or used a lot > in CI/CD setups. > > Perhaps there's a reverse dependency graph we could use to find out > why the package is downloaded this often. I remember having seen > a project which does this, but have lost the URL. > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Nov 12 2021) > >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Support ... https://www.egenix.com/ > >>> Python Product Development ... https://consulting.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 > https://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ > https://www.malemburg.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/FJT4SSWISWWRFB5FGRPXSLDLDZVMUIXF/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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