Popping key causes dict derived from object to revert to object

[Michael F. Stemper]

On 25/03/2024 01.56, Loris Bennett wrote:
> Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On 2024-03-22, Loris Bennett via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I was mistakenly thinking that the popping the element would
>>> leave me with the dict minus the popped key-value pair.
>>
>> It does.
> 
> Indeed, but I was thinking in the context of
> 
>    dict_list = [d.pop('a') for d in dict_list]
> 
> and incorrectly expecting to get a list of 'd' without key 'a', instead
> of a list of the 'd['a]'.
I apologize if this has already been mentioned in this thread, but are
you aware of "d.keys()" and "d.values"?

  >>> d = {}
  >>> d['do'] = 'a deer, a female deer'
  >>> d['re'] = 'a drop of golden sunshine'
  >>> d['mi'] = 'a name I call myself'
  >>> d['fa'] = 'a long, long way to run'
  >>> d.keys()
  ['fa', 'mi', 'do', 're']
  >>> d.values()
  ['a long, long way to run', 'a name I call myself', 'a deer, a female deer', 'a drop of golden sunshine']
  >>>


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Michael F. Stemper
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