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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2004-03-04 08:25:44 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2004-03-04 08:25:44 (GMT) |
| commit | 31017aed36a5c5b0e4b16ca58bea09c9ce360134 (patch) | |
| tree | 766d70bb4fbb6878a71c81fc3874515cfcbc8aa8 /Misc | |
| parent | 6c79a518e70ea8e45e3287573d99c648ae3cb21b (diff) | |
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SF #904720: dict.update should take a 2-tuple sequence like dict.__init_
(Championed by Bob Ippolito.)
The update() method for mappings now accepts all the same argument forms
as the dict() constructor. This includes item lists and/or keyword
arguments.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/ACKS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 4 |
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@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ Mihai Ibanescu Juan David Ibáñez Palomar Tony Ingraldi John Interrante +Bob Ippolito Ben Jackson Paul Jackson David Jacobs @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ Core and builtins the overallocation is no more than three elements -- this improves space utilization for applications that have large numbers of small lists. +- The dict.update() method now accepts all the same argument forms + as the dict() constructor. This now includes item lists and/or + keyword arguments. + - Support for arbitrary objects supporting the read-only buffer interface as the co_code field of code objects (something that was only possible to create from C code) has been removed. |