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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_dict.py11
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS5
-rw-r--r--Objects/dictobject.c2
-rw-r--r--Python/getargs.c2
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dict.py b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
index 818c99e..1507e42 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ import gc, weakref
class DictTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_invalid_keyword_arguments(self):
- with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
- dict(**{1 : 2})
- with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
- {}.update(**{1 : 2})
+ class Custom(dict):
+ pass
+ for invalid in {1 : 2}, Custom({1 : 2}):
+ with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+ dict(**invalid)
+ with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+ {}.update(**invalid)
def test_constructor(self):
# calling built-in types without argument must return empty
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9f47ca3..bf660cc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Library
- Issue #10429: IMAP.starttls() stored the capabilities as bytes objects,
rather than strings.
+C-API
+-----
+
+- Loosen PyArg_ValidateKeywordArguments to allow dict subclasses.
+
What's New in Python 3.2 Alpha 4?
=================================
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 1015772..df8d77f 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ _PyDict_HasOnlyStringKeys(PyObject *dict)
{
Py_ssize_t pos = 0;
PyObject *key, *value;
- assert(PyDict_CheckExact(dict));
+ assert(PyDict_Check(dict));
/* Shortcut */
if (((PyDictObject *)dict)->ma_lookup == lookdict_unicode)
return 1;
diff --git a/Python/getargs.c b/Python/getargs.c
index abf55ce..cf98699 100644
--- a/Python/getargs.c
+++ b/Python/getargs.c
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ _PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords_SizeT(PyObject *args,
int
PyArg_ValidateKeywordArguments(PyObject *kwargs)
{
- if (!PyDict_CheckExact(kwargs)) {
+ if (!PyDict_Check(kwargs)) {
PyErr_BadInternalCall();
return 0;
}