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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2002-11-23 16:28:12 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2002-11-23 16:28:12 (GMT) |
| commit | 8b1e74b2741675f9164e1159c1d2495ac3644005 (patch) | |
| tree | c789b39963bf387b78fd7a53e7b1cdef4f5bb077 /Misc/NEWS | |
| parent | 6e596b68959db6ef0950ae453fae9818cfbdb375 (diff) | |
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Touch up the news for dict() keyword args.
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@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ What's New in Python 2.3 alpha 1? Type/class unification and new-style classes -------------------------------------------- -- dict() now accepts keyword arguments so that dict(one=1,two=2) - is the equivalent of dict([('one',1),('two',2)]). Accordingly, + +- dict() now accepts keyword arguments so that dict(one=1, two=2) + is the equivalent of {"one": 1, "two": 2}. Accordingly, the existing (but undocumented) 'items' keyword argument has - been eliminated. This means that dict(items=someMapping) now has + been eliminated. This means that dict(items=someMapping) now has a different meaning than before. - int() now returns a long object if the argument is outside the |