On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Jim Jewett <jimjjew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Given the wording requiring a real dictionary, I would have assumed > that it was OK (if perhaps not sensible) to do pointer arithmetic and > access the keys/values/hashes directly. (Though if the breakage was > between python versions, I would feel guilty about griping too > loudly.) > If you're going to be a language lawyer about it, I would simply point out that all the spec requires is that "type(env) is dict" -- it says nothing about how Python defines "type" or "is" or "dict". So, you're on your own with that one. ;-)
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