[Python-Dev] Lukewarm about range literals

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

Greg Wilson wrote:
> 
> BTW, I understand from side conversations that adding a 'keys()' method to
> sequences, so that arbitrary collections could be iterated over using:
> 
>     for i in S.keys():
>         print i, S[i]
> 
> was considered and rejected.  If anyone knows why, I'd be grateful for a
> recap.

If I remember correctly, it was rejected because adding
keys(), items() etc. methods to sequences would make all
objects (in this case sequences and mappings) look the same.

More accurate information from:
http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=101178&group_id=5470

Peter
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