Re: Python 3: dict & dict.keys()

From	Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Subject	Re: Python 3: dict & dict.keys()
Date	2013-07-24 08:23 +0200
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Ethan Furman wrote:

> So, my question boils down to:  in Python 3 how is dict.keys() different
> from dict?  What are the use cases?

I just grepped through /usr/lib/python3, and could not identify a single 
line where some_object.keys() wasn't either wrapped in a list (or set, 
sorted, max) call, or iterated over.

To me it looks like views are a solution waiting for a problem.

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Re: Python 3: dict & dict.keys() Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-07-24 08:23 +0200
  Re: Python 3: dict & dict.keys() Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-07-24 12:54 +0000

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