[Python-Dev] Out-of-date FAQs

[Aahz]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005, Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) wrote:
>
> As a general rule, when an idiom has changed, do we want to state both
> the 2.4 idiom as well as the 2.3 idiom? In the case of list.sort(), that
> would mean having both:
> 
>     for key in sorted(dict.iterkeys()):
>         ...do whatever with dict[key]...
> 
> and
> 
>     keys = dict.keys()
>     keys.sort()
>     for key in keys:
>         ...do whatever with dict[key]...

Yes.  Until last July, the company I work for was still using 1.5.2.
Our current version is 2.2.  I think that the FAQ should be usable for
anyone with a "reasonably current" version of Python, say at least two
major versions.  IOW, answers should continue to work with 2.2 during
the lifetime of 2.4.
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