datetime.iterdate

[Robert Brewer]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Robert Brewer wrote:
> 
> > I understand and agree with your assessment in general; I 
> obviously feel
> > this specific one is worthwhile--it's too common of an 
> idiom (coupled
> > with extremely ugly syntax) to ignore. Makes you wonder why 
> dict.update
> > ever got included... ;)
> 
> Chances are good that the frequency of use of dict.update()
> is _at least_ several orders of magnitude higher than the idiom
> you refer to.

Oh? Checking my current 21,000 line project...

dict.update() -> 13 occurrences
iterdates equivalent-> 17 occurrences

One data point down...and before you reply "not every project uses
dates"--that's why it would go in the datetime module; I'm not
requesting a mod to a builtin.

Sheesh.


Robert Brewer
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