[Python-Dev] collections module

Fri Jan 9 17:59:30 EST 2004

Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>>> What do you guys think?
>> -1. There is no evidence that these types are missing.
> The fact that they are absent does not apply that anybody
> would want to use them if they were available.
>> It might be better to develop such a module as a separate
> package, wait for user feedback, and perhaps incorporate
> this into Python in a few years.

While I second your -1, the kjbuckets package has been around
for ages and seems to provide at least a subset (or superset
depending on how you see it) of what Raymond wants to do.
I think these things are better kept and maintained outside the
Python core.
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