Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'missed': 0.09; 'python': 0.09; 'assumed': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'none.': 0.09; 'oh,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; 'devs': 0.16; 'pity': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:Java': 0.16; 'mon,': 0.16; 'library,': 0.17; 'bit': 0.21; "i'd": 0.22; 'donate': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; '"do': 0.29; '+0100,': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'getting': 0.33; 'url:home': 0.33; 'zero': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'that,': 0.34; 'winning': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'add': 0.36; 'received:org': 0.36; 'thank': 0.36; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.36; 'supporting': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'python.org': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'mark': 0.38; 'sure': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'little': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'chance': 0.61; 'great': 0.64; 'url:tinyurl': 0.66; 'enjoy': 0.67; 'jackpot': 0.84; 'obvious.': 0.84; 'dennis': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Java singletonMap in Python Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:29:37 -0400 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <505fc372$0$1612$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-253-103-108.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1348547375 news.xs4all.nl 6938 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49311 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:30007 On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:28:14 +0100, Mark Lawrence declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > > Thank goodness for that, I'd assumed that I'd missed something blatantly > obvious. There are two chances of something like this getting into the > standard library, zero or none. I think in a way that's a great pity as > I'm sure that the Python devs would enjoy supporting the little feller > with code such as this http://tinyurl.com/9v7d7ld :) Oh, the chance /might/ be a bit higher... On par with winning the jackpot in one of those multi-state lotteries (because you'd have to donate the entire jackpot to Python.org to persuade them to add a "do nothing" package ) -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/