Re: Dictionary Views -- good examples? [was Re: Python 3 dict question]

Date	2011-05-10 10:18 -0700
From	Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
Subject	Re: Dictionary Views -- good examples? [was Re: Python 3 dict question]
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Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> Anybody care to chime in with their usage of this construct?
> 
> You should start with PEP 3106.  The main idea is that dict.keys() and
> dict.items() can be treated as frozensets, while still being more
> lightweight than lists.  That lets you do nifty things like "a.keys()
> == b.keys()" which, if a and b are Python 3 dicts, will tell you
> whether they contain the same keys.

Cool, thanks.

~Ethan~

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      Re: Python 3 dict question Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 14:48 -0600
      Dictionary Views -- good examples?  [was Re: Python 3 dict question] Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-05-06 15:49 -0700
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      Re: Dictionary Views -- good examples? [was Re: Python 3 dict question] Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 18:23 -0600
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