bpo-30662: fixed OrderedDict.__init__ docstring re PEP 468#2179
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Would be happy with it simply saying "Initialize an ordered dictionary. The signature is the same as regular dictionaries." I.e., just truncating it so not actively wrong wrt PEP 468. But it's a big change in semantic guarantees, so a bit more explantation might be warranted. Pending further review, have tightened comment wording and made sure the C implementation has an equivalent comment. (Thanks to Serhiy Storchaka suggestion on bugs.python.org) |
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Have just reviewed the collections docs ( |
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| regular dictionaries. As of Python 3.6, keyword argument insertion |
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There should be an extra whitespace aftere the period.
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| regular dictionaries. As of Python 3.6, keyword argument insertion | ||
| order is stable. (PEP 468) |
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IMHO preserved is more meaningful than stable.
| "Initialize an ordered dictionary. The signature is the same as\n\ | ||
| regular dictionaries, but keyword arguments are not recommended because\n\ | ||
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| regular dictionaries. As of Python 3.6, keyword argument insertion\n\ |
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The same as in the previous comment: extra whitespace after period, preserved instead of stable.
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@marco-buttu Thank you. Wording and post-period spacing updated.
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Don't mention Python 3.6 or PEP 468 as that's the past and just how things are in Python 3.7 which this docstring is for. Same goes for the other docstring change.
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Should I mention that keyword order is preserved? Or just drop that altogether and fall back to the compatibility claim alone?
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How about something like "regular dictionaries. Keyword argument order is preserved."
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@ericsnowcurrently Agreed. That's exactly the current proposal.
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Short, crisp notation of order preservation seems workable consensus.
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@ericsnowcurrently Agreed. That's exactly the current proposal.
…honGH-2179) * fixed OrderedDict.__init__ docstring re PEP 468 * tightened comment and mirrored to C impl * added space after period per marco-buttu * preserved substituted for stable * drop references to Python 3.6 and PEP 468 (cherry picked from commit faa57cb)
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GH-3370 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.6 branch. |
* fixed OrderedDict.__init__ docstring re PEP 468 * tightened comment and mirrored to C impl * added space after period per marco-buttu * preserved substituted for stable * drop references to Python 3.6 and PEP 468
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As of Python 3.6, PEP 468 indicates that kwarg order is no longer arbitrary, but stable wrt to the order of args stated in source code. OrderedDict's docstring should be clear about that, not describe the situation that obtained in Python 3.5 and prior.