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On 26/03/2016 00:35, Marco Sulla wrote:
>
> I'd like to see vdict implemented anyway. It can't break old code and add a
> map type that has a common interface with sequences.
>

I cannot see this happening unless you provide a patch on the bug 
tracker.  However I suspect you can get the same thing by subclassing 
dict.  Why don't you try it and let us know how you get on?

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Mark Lawrence