"Ron Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jim Jewett wrote: > >> The end result is that even if I find a solution that works, I think >> it will be common (and bug-prone) enough that it really ought to be in >> the language, or at least the standard library -- as it is today for >> objects that don't go out of their way to prevent it.
Id() *is* in builtins. Now that sort has a key parameter, I think an explicit 'key = id' qualifies enough as 'in the language' for something used not too often. > The usual way to handle this in databases is to generate an unique > id_key when the data is entered. Which is what Python does when objects are created. > That also allows for duplicate entries > such as people with the same name, or multiple items with the same part > number. Or multiple objects with the same value. Terry Jan Reedy _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
