Hello,
Alex Martelli wrote:
The DictMixin class from the UserDict module is *not* deprecated -- only the UserDict class from the same module. (If you found info saying otherwise pls provide a URL: the info is wrong and I'll try to get it fixed -- thanks!). DictMixin's purpose is exactly as you state: letting you make a complete mapping class out of one which only supplies the very basics, by mix-in inheritance.
If UserDict is deprecated why is it still used in the os module ? (in python V. 2.4)
The std lib should be a good example for python coding, if something is deprecated it should not be used in the std lib.
Some weeks ago I had ten minutes of spare time and rewrote the 'os' module to use dict and there was no problem with it.
But due to lack of time I was not able to run tests and submitted no patch. I will try this next week.
bye by Wolfgang
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