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diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
index 9f55a3e..9453320 100644
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from operator import itemgetter as _itemgetter, eq as _eq
from keyword import iskeyword as _iskeyword
import sys as _sys
import heapq as _heapq
-from weakref import proxy as _proxy
+from _weakref import proxy as _proxy
from itertools import repeat as _repeat, chain as _chain, starmap as _starmap
from reprlib import recursive_repr as _recursive_repr
@@ -820,9 +820,14 @@ class ChainMap(MutableMapping):
__copy__ = copy
- def new_child(self): # like Django's Context.push()
- 'New ChainMap with a new dict followed by all previous maps.'
- return self.__class__({}, *self.maps)
+ def new_child(self, m=None): # like Django's Context.push()
+ '''
+ New ChainMap with a new map followed by all previous maps. If no
+ map is provided, an empty dict is used.
+ '''
+ if m is None:
+ m = {}
+ return self.__class__(m, *self.maps)
@property
def parents(self): # like Django's Context.pop()