> Should `dict.items()` be indexable now that dicts are ordered? I say yes. Why > shouldn't it?
Would there be a way to ensure that this had the same time complexity as indexing of sequences? If "yes", I would support this — I think it would be useful in some situations, and it would be more efficient than existing mechanisms to obtain the nth key from a dictionary. If (as I presume), the answer is "no", then I would not support this — I think it would give the misleading impression that obtaining the nth key/value from a dictionary is just as efficient as obtaining the nth item from a list or tuple. Best, Alex > On 10 Oct 2021, at 05:05, Finn Mason <finnjavie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 9:56 PM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> [Snip...] > > > >> Newbies won't know first() lives in itertools, and those experienced >> enough to know it is there probably won't bother to use it. > > > A very good point. > > Let's get back to the original topic. Should `dict.items()` be indexable now > that dicts are ordered? I say yes. Why shouldn't it? > > > -- > Finn Mason > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/OOR2AUMA7UMHHVW7XLLUXHTNKGRXTPU4/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
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