Implement arcpy.da.Describe in ArcMap

[curtvprice]

Just learned about this at UC today:

Describe—Data Access module | ArcGIS Desktop  (Pro) is really awesome. Great work arcpy team!

ArcMap is not going away and we want it there too. Please up-vote Python‌ friends!

[DanPatterson_Retired]

What were the python (etcetera) dependencies? 3.5/6? if anything..

If so that would pretty well kill backporting

[JoshuaBixby]

The new DA Describe seems to just use a Dict, nothing unique to 3.5+.  I think the ArcPy DA team, like most Desktop teams at Esri, is wanting to look forward and not back, i.e., I think it is more about desire than technical limitations.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Speed perhaps, but order won't come until 3.6 I suppose

a = dict(one=1, two=2, three=3)     # ---- python 3.5.3
a
Out[2]: {'one': 1, 'three': 3, 'two': 2}

#
a = dict(one=1, two=2, three=3) # ---- python 3.6.1
a
{'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3} ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[ShaunWalbridge]

Thanks for the suggestion @curtvprice. At this point, Pro has diverged significantly from ArcMap and ArcMap is in mature support, so we are unable to add new features to it. Hopefully Pro is doing what you need in your current workflows, and if not, please let us know so we can address any remaining gaps.

Cheers, Shaun