[New-bugs-announce] [issue24275] lookdict_* give up too soon

[Jim Jewett]

New submission from Jim Jewett:

The specialized lookdict_* variants replace themselves with the generic lookdict as soon as a non-unicode key is looked up.  

They could reasonably leave the replacement to insertdict (line 819, currently assert rather than a replacement), when a non-unicode key is actually inserted into the dict. 

While inserts are less common than (all lookups including insert), I see the main advantage as reducing the number of duplications of the replacement logic.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 243969
nosy: Jim.Jewett
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: lookdict_* give up too soon
type: enhancement

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