{(1)}
\lineiii{\var{a}.clear()}{remove all items from \code{a}}{}
\lineiii{\var{a}.copy()}{a (shallow) copy of \code{a}}{}
- \lineiii{\var{a}.has_key(\var{k})}
+ \lineiii{\var{k} in \var{a}}
{\code{True} if \var{a} has a key \var{k}, else \code{False}}
- {}
- \lineiii{\var{k} \code{in} \var{a}}
- {Equivalent to \var{a}.has_key(\var{k})}
{(2)}
\lineiii{\var{k} not in \var{a}}
- {Equivalent to \code{not} \var{a}.has_key(\var{k})}
+ {Equivalent to \code{not} \var{k} in \var{a}}
{(2)}
+ \lineiii{\var{a}.has_key(\var{k})}
+ {Equivalent to \var{k} \code{in} \var{a}, use that form in new code}
+ {}
\lineiii{\var{a}.items()}
{a copy of \var{a}'s list of (\var{key}, \var{value}) pairs}
{(3)}