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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2008-02-05 01:53:00 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2008-02-05 01:53:00 (GMT) |
| commit | 48b8b665d7a1adab46b70fc536569c16fc8092d3 (patch) | |
| tree | bbb73562721f6aafcf714eaa51dbe81b9ad92ab7 /Misc | |
| parent | 7ac609559da71b247bf6c2d37e8af9b2eadea2a7 (diff) | |
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Put an updated UserDict class in the collections module and
register it as a compliant Mutable Mapping.
Todo: Convert the UserDict dependent tests to the new API
and then remove the old UserDict module. Move the
UserDict docs to collections.rst.
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@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ Extension Modules Library ------- +- Weakref dictionaries now inherit from MutableMapping. + XXX their API still needs to be modernized (i.e. eliminate the iter methods). + +- Created new UserDict class in collections module. This one inherits from and + complies with the MutableMapping ABC. + XXX still need to covert old UserDict based tests and eliminate the old UserDict module. + - Removed UserDict.DictMixin. Replaced all its uses with collections.MutableMapping. - Issue #1703: getpass() should flush after writing prompt. |