2011/4/29 R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com>: > 2011/4/29 Roy Hyunjin Han <starsareblueandfara...@gmail.com>: >> It would be convenient if replacing items in a dictionary returns the >> new dictionary, in a manner analogous to str.replace() > > This belongs on python-ideas, but the short answer is no. The > general language design principle (as I understand it) is that > mutable object do not return themselves upon mutation, while > immutable objects do return the new object.
Thanks for the responses. Sorry for the mispost, I'll post things like this on python-ideas from now on. RHH _______________________________________________ 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
