> Alex Martelli wrote: > >> If we call the type autodict, then having the factory attribute named >> autofactory seems to fit. > > Or just 'factory', since it's the only kind of factory > the object is going to have.
Gack, no. You guys are drifting towards complete ambiguity. You might as well call it "thingie_that_doth_return_an_object". The word "factory" by itself says nothing about lookups and default values. Like "autodict" could mean anything. Keep in mind that we may well end-up having this side-by-side with collections.ordered_dict. The word "auto" tells you nothing about how this is different from a regular dict or ordered dictionary. It's meaningless. Please, stick with defaultdictionary and default_factory. While not perfectly descriptive, they are suggest just enough to jog the memory and make the code readable. Try to resist generalizing the name into nothingness. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
