Expose dict view types in ``types``
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Description
Feature or enhancement
Proposal:
Expose the items, keys, and values types in the types module. See dictionary view objects. These correspond to the ItemsView, KeysView, and MappingView view types in collections.abc.
Has this already been discussed elsewhere?
This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere
Links to previous discussion of this feature:
- #30629
- #30630
Linked PRs
- gh-132761
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the types module and comparing its exposed names with the ItemsView, KeysView, and MappingView types in collections.abc. Review linked PR gh-132761 before starting; done means the three dictionary view types are exposed from types and the relevant tests pass.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100