1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index c29f2f8..88f03a4 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -561,7 +561,8 @@ class Pickler:
                     save(value)
                 write(SETITEMS)
                 return
-
+            # else (dict is empty or a singleton), fall through to the
+            # SETITEM code at the end
         else:   # proto 0 -- can't use EMPTY_DICT or SETITEMS
             write(MARK + DICT)
             self.memoize(obj)