>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@digicool.com> writes:
>> A glaring example of this is cgi.SvFormContentDict. For such an
>> object x, x['spam'] returns a single item but x.get('spam')
>> returns a list of one item!
GvR> But can you guarantee that fixing this so late in the release
GvR> cycle won't break anybody's code?
>> Instead, these three methods should be implemented in terms of
>> the object's own __getitem__, __setitem__, and has_key methods.
>> This patch makes this change.
GvR> I'm reluctant (-0) to making this change now.
I with you, Guido. The cgi model is complicated and widely used.
That combination means that it would be easy for users to get the
impression that x['spam'] and x.get('spam') work the way they do
intentionally. I'm not comfortable changing the behavior of the model
without a beta release.
Jeremy
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