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Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:12:52 -0800
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 12/03/2013 09:45 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:
> Piotr Dobrogost <p@google-groups-2013.dobrogost.net> wrote:
>>
>> Attribute access syntax being very concise is very often preferred
>> to dict's interface.
>
> It is not "very concise".  It is slightly more concise.
>
>      x = obj.value1
>      x = dct['value1']
>
> You have saved 3 keystrokes.  That is not a significant enough savings to
> create new syntax.  Remember the Python philosophy that there ought to be
> one way to do it.

That should be "one obvious way".

On my keyboard, at least, those are an important three keystrokes!  ;)

To be clear, I am

-1

on the new syntax.

--
~Ethan~