Is collections.KeysView good for you?
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So, dicts in Python 3 return "something different" from their keys and
> values methods:
>
>>>> dict(x=1, y=2).keys()
> dict_keys(['y', 'x'])
>>>> type(dict(x=1, y=2).keys())
> <class 'dict_keys'>
>
> I have vague memories of these things being referred to as views or some
> such? Where can I learn more?
>
> More importantly, how can I tell if I have one of them?
> I guess I can keep a reference to type({}.keys()) somewhere, but that feels
> a bit yucky. Should these things be in the types module?
>
> cheers,
>
> Chris
>
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