From 3618078cd67cb9cc4e4cdedd22b7a628bbb7fc6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:34:23 +0000 Subject: Add note on using keyword arguments with OrderedDict. --- Doc/library/collections.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst index 2e6a537..e27d89a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst @@ -852,6 +852,10 @@ Equality tests between :class:`OrderedDict` objects and other This allows :class:`OrderedDict` objects to be substituted anywhere a regular dictionary is used. +The :class:`OrderedDict` constructor and :meth:`update` method both accept +keyword arguments, but their order is lost because Python's function call +semantics pass-in keyword arguments using a regular unordered dictionary. + .. seealso:: `Equivalent OrderedDict recipe `_ -- cgit v0.12