Modern Dictionaries by Raymond Hettinger

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AndrewOMartin · 2022-03 · Strong recommendation

[VIDEO] Modern Dictionaries by Raymond Hettinger The official description of this talk is below, but personally, I'd watch any video with "Raymond Hettinger" in the title. > Python's dictionaries are stunningly good. Over the years, many great ideas have combined together to produce the modern implementation in Python 3.6. This fun talk is given by Raymond Hettinger, the Python core developer responsible for the set implementation and who designed the compact-and-ordered dict implemented in CPython for Python 3.6 and in PyPy for Python 2.7. He will use pictures and little bits of pure python code to explain all of the key ideas and how they evolved over time. He will also include newer features such as key-sharing, compaction, and versioning. This talk is important because it is the only public discussion of the state of the art as of Python 3.6. Even experienced Python users are unlikely to know the most recent innovations.

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svieira · 2018-04 · Strong recommendation

Python dictionaries: A Confluence of Great Ideas (also known as Modern Dictionaries) by Raymond Hettinger [VIDEO]

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tomnipotent · 2016-12 · Strong recommendation

Raymond Hettinger gave a presentation a few weeks ago on the evolution of the Python dict implementation - one of the most insightful videos I've seen in a long time. [VIDEO]

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