On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:27:46 -0400, Roy Hyunjin Han <[email protected]> wrote: > It would be convenient if replacing items in a dictionary returns the > new dictionary, in a manner analogous to str.replace(). What do you > think?
This belongs on python-ideas, but the short answer is no. The general language design principle (as I understand it) is that mutable object do not return themselves upon mutation, while immutable objects do return the new object. -- R. David Murray http://www.bitdance.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
