RE: [ZODB-Dev] RE: PersistentMapping

2005-11-17 Thread Tim Peters
... [Tim] >> I agree pop() should be added. Work up a patch, or at least open a bug >> report? [Thomas] > I can do the patch, and I should even be able to check it in. Would > anybody object? I'm the closest thing to a ZODB maintainer there is, and I won't object ;-) Go for it! If you count th

Re: [ZODB-Dev] RE: PersistentMapping

2005-11-17 Thread Jeremy Hylton
On 11/17/05, Thomas Lotze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Peters wrote: > > > The need for this class has been largely supplanted by the > > ability to subclass directly from dict ... > > Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to. > > > I agree pop() should be added. Work up a patch, or

[ZODB-Dev] RE: PersistentMapping

2005-11-17 Thread Thomas Lotze
Tim Peters wrote: > The need for this class has been largely supplanted by the > ability to subclass directly from dict ... Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to. > I agree pop() should be added. Work up a patch, or at least open a bug > report? I can do the patch, and I should e

[ZODB-Dev] Re: PersistentMapping

2005-11-17 Thread Thomas Lotze
Jeremy Hylton wrote: > It has been possible to inherit from dictionary since Python 2.2, but > it is not possible for a persistent object and it would not do what > you expect even if it were possible. A persistent object has a custom > C layout and so does dict, so it is not possible to have the