Case-insensitive dict, non-destructive, fast, anyone?

Raymond Hettinger vze4rx4y at verizon.net
Fri Apr 1 19:15:19 EST 2005


> >Taken together, these six attributes/methods could cover many wished for
> >features for the 10% of the cases where a regular dictionary doesn't provide
the
> >best solution.

> You think as much as 10% ?

Rounded up from 9.6 ;-)

More important than the percentage is the clarity of the resulting code and the
avoidance of continous reinvention of workarounds.

Separating tool features into a basic and an advanced version is common solution
to managing option/customization complexity.


Raymond





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