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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index f782655..ae49cc2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -271,14 +271,17 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. _func-dict: -.. function:: dict([arg]) +.. function:: dict(**kwarg) + dict(mapping, **kwarg) + dict(iterable, **kwarg) :noindex: - Create a new data dictionary, optionally with items taken from *arg*. - The dictionary type is described in :ref:`typesmapping`. + Create a new dictionary. The :class:`dict` object is the dictionary class. + See :class:`dict` and :ref:`typesmapping` for documentation about this + class. - For other containers see the built in :class:`list`, :class:`set`, and - :class:`tuple` classes, and the :mod:`collections` module. + For other containers see the built-in :class:`list`, :class:`set`, and + :class:`tuple` classes, as well as the :mod:`collections` module. .. function:: dir([object]) |