Inada Naoki <songofaca...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> > > Do you propose to > 1. Only use StringKeyDicts when non-string keys are not possible? (Where > would this be?) > 2. Switch to a normal dict when a non-string key is added? (But likely > not switch back when the last non-string key is removed.) > 3. Deprecate and remove the option to add non-string keys to namespace > dicts? (Proposed and rejected at least once as not gaining much.) > > > 2. We already do such hack for key sharing dict. And yes, deleting non string key doesn't switch back. d[0]=0; del d[0]; loop must be amortized O(1). Only dict.clear() switches back. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue46845> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
