Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> added the comment:
This was an intentional decision. Deques designed for fast access at the end points. Also, pop() is a core deque operation that needs to be fast. Altering its signature with an optional argument would slow it down. Thank you for the suggestion, but we really shouldn't do this. ---------- resolution: -> rejected stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: +Python 3.10 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue41409> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
