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| Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:27:53 -0500 |
| From | Dave Angel <d@davea.name> |
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On 11/26/2012 09:32 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > ... especially when you consider how some other languages implement them. > > > http://twistedoakgames.com/blog/?p=925 > > [quote] > Here’s the hypothetical situation: you’re making a flash game. In that > game users can create named profiles. You store the profiles, keyed by > their name, so that you ca- OOPS, you just introduced a bug. What’s the > problem? The dictionary. > [end quote] > > (facetious) Whenever someone tries to create a username that happens to conflict with a pre-existing attribute, just tell them that username is already taken. Just watch out when your user HasOwnProperty tries to delete his account. (/facetious) Namespaces are great, we should have lots of them. But be very careful about reusing one without checking to see if it's already inhabited. When a language design does this sort of thing, it tends to make us skittish about continuing use of said language. -- DaveA
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Python dictionaries are awesome Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-11-27 02:32 +0000 Re: Python dictionaries are awesome Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-27 00:27 -0500 Re: Python dictionaries are awesome Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-27 17:16 +1100
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