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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2014-03-25 08:34:30 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2014-03-25 08:34:30 (GMT) |
| commit | fbd2db50054a85ec0594dd4f4e78443a18e759e0 (patch) | |
| tree | ca02406a2c6aecf895461abe38886a23039fbd3c /Doc/c-api/dict.rst | |
| parent | dd48b902bb44022e69af766eebbb468068f5e5e1 (diff) | |
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Closes #18456: Doc fix: PyDict_Update only works with dict-like objects, not key-value sequences. Patch by priyapappachan.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/dict.rst b/Doc/c-api/dict.rst index 3e967bd..3006b6c 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/dict.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/dict.rst @@ -210,8 +210,11 @@ Dictionary Objects .. c:function:: int PyDict_Update(PyObject *a, PyObject *b) - This is the same as ``PyDict_Merge(a, b, 1)`` in C, or ``a.update(b)`` in - Python. Return ``0`` on success or ``-1`` if an exception was raised. + This is the same as ``PyDict_Merge(a, b, 1)`` in C, and is similar to + ``a.update(b)`` in Python except that :c:func:`PyDict_Update` doesn't fall + back to the iterating over a sequence of key value pairs if the second + argument has no "keys" attribute. Return ``0`` on success or ``-1`` if an + exception was raised. .. versionadded:: 2.2 |