On 2/21/06, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2006, at 1:51 AM, Greg Ewing wrote: > ... > > Just one more thing -- have you made a final decision > > about the name yet? I'd still prefer something like > > 'autodict', because to me 'defaultdict' suggests > > autodict is shorter and sharper and I prefer it, too: +1
Apart from it somehow hashing to the same place as "autodidact" in my brain :), I don't like it as much.; someone who doesn't already know what it is doesn't have a clue what an "automatic dictionary" would offer compared to a regular one. IMO "default" conveys just enough of a hint that something is being defaulted. A name long enough to convey all the details of why, when, and it defaults wouldn't be practical. (Look up the history of botanical names under Linnaeus for a simile.) I'll let it brew in SF for a while but I expect to be checking this in at PyCon. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
