[issue41931] Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger  added the comment:

Sorry, but I think there is a near zero chance that the language will be 
revised as you suggest. 

Marking this as closed. If you want to have more discussion, please take it to 
the python-ideas maillist.

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[issue41931] Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__

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மனோஜ்குமார் பழனிச்சாமி  added the comment:

Changing '__dict__' to __vars__ will be much better.

Like len() calling __len__()

Can we change the title?

Why Github Issue Tracker is not issued?

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[issue41931] Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger  added the comment:

The vars() function already does this.

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[issue41931] Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__

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மனோஜ்குமார் பழனிச்சாமி  added the comment:

Your point makes sense as it takes space to allocate for the new instance to 
just return another dict object. 
Then the attribute name at least should be meaningful.

Instead of __dict__ , __attr__ is more appropriate.

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[issue41931] Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__

[Irit Katriel]

Irit Katriel  added the comment:

You ignored the other point I made: dict is not a function, it is a class. 
dict() calls the function dict.__init__() which should create a new instance of 
dict (not return some field of its parameter). 


You also didn't justify your suggestion in any way. Why should this change be 
made?

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[issue41931] Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__

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மனோஜ்குமார் பழனிச்சாமி  added the comment:

Will return only if it is not an iterator

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[issue41931] Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__

[Irit Katriel]

New submission from Irit Katriel :

dict is not a function, it's a class and the purpose of a dict() call is to 
create a new instance of that class.

The change you are proposing is also breaking for iterators:

>>> class Pairs(list): pass
... 
>>> pairs = Pairs([('a', 1), ('b', 2)])
>>> pairs.__dict__
{}
>>> dict(pairs)
{'a': 1, 'b': 2}

A change of this magnitude will need to be discussed on python-ideas and will 
require a PEP explaining why the benefits of the change outweigh its costs. I 
very much doubt that they do.

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[issue41931] Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__

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Change by மனோஜ்குமார் பழனிச்சாமி :


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priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Make dict(object) return its attribute __dict__
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.10

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