Raymond Hettinger wrote: > >>> Perhaps the terminology should be >>> >>> ordereddict -- what we have here >>> >>> sorteddict -- hypothetical future type that keeps >>> itself sorted in key order > > +1 > > >> FIFOdict ? Yeah, that blows the capitalization scheme, way, way out. > > Issues: > * The popitem() method is LIFO. > * In a non-popping context, there is no OUT. It just stores. > * FIFO is more suggestive of queue behavior which does not apply here. > * Stores to existing keys don't go at the end; they leave the order > unchanged. > > FWIW, PEP 372 has links to seven other independent implementations and > they all have names that are some variant spelling OrderedDict except > for one which goes by the mysterious name of StableDict. > > Am still +1 on painting the class green with pink polka dots, but I'm > starting to appreciate why others are insisting on pink with green polka > dots ;-) > historydict?
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