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Author	belopolsky
Recipients	belopolsky, benjamin.peterson, georg.brandl, loewis, vdupras
Date	2008-02-24.00:19:00
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Message-id	<1203812341.22.0.0855967807271.issue2144@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> dict doesn't dynamically bind any calls; to > properly replace the semantics of dict, you > have to implement all API. What was the rationale for this decision? To me it looks like a hold- over from the time when dicts were not subclassable. I agree, this is a topic for python-ideas rather than bug-track, but if you could point me to any prior discussions on this issue, it would help me to either formulate a specific proposal or drop the issue before more electrons are sacrificed.

> dict doesn't dynamically bind any calls; to
> properly replace the semantics of dict, you
> have to implement *all* API.

What was the rationale for this decision?  To me it looks like a hold-
over from the time when dicts were not subclassable.

I agree, this is a topic for python-ideas rather than bug-track, but if 
you could point me to any prior discussions on this issue, it would help 
me to either formulate a specific proposal or drop the issue before more 
electrons are sacrificed.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-02-24 00:19:01	belopolsky	set	spambayes_score: 0.116308 -> 0.11630788 recipients: + belopolsky, loewis, georg.brandl, benjamin.peterson, vdupras
2008-02-24 00:19:01	belopolsky	set	spambayes_score: 0.116308 -> 0.116308 messageid: <1203812341.22.0.0855967807271.issue2144@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-02-24 00:19:00	belopolsky	link	issue2144 messages
2008-02-24 00:19:00	belopolsky	create