From c473c5aa9b18651b81f50ca2db95b0f890dad1d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:31:51 +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 ec0ae4b..d570228 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst @@ -875,6 +875,10 @@ 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