[Python-3000] Iterables and scalars was: sets in P3K?

Sun Apr 30 22:32:53 CEST 2006

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> writes:
> In general dict should not be looked at as an example: the dict
> constructor signature is already too far overloaded, giving a
> different meaning to keyword args, and distinguishing between a
> mapping and a sequence is iffy: it requires a "keys" method which is
> kind of sub-optimal compared to using "iteritems" if it existed...

This would be solved if iteration over a dict produced key/value
pairs.
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