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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2001-10-29 22:25:45 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2001-10-29 22:25:45 (GMT)
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Rename "dictionary" (type and constructor) to "dict".
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@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ XXX Planned XXX Release date: 14-Nov-2001
Type/class unification and new-style classes
+- The new builtin dictionary() constructor, and dictionary type, have
+ been renamed to dict. This reflects a decade of common usage.
+
- New-style classes can now have a __del__ method, which is called
when the instance is deleted (just like for classic classes).