Type/class unification and new-style classes
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-- dict() now accepts keyword arguments so that dict(one=1,two=2)
- is the equivalent of dict([('one',1),('two',2)]). Accordingly,
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+- dict() now accepts keyword arguments so that dict(one=1, two=2)
+ is the equivalent of {"one": 1, "two": 2}. Accordingly,
the existing (but undocumented) 'items' keyword argument has
- been eliminated. This means that dict(items=someMapping) now has
+ been eliminated. This means that dict(items=someMapping) now has
a different meaning than before.
- int() now returns a long object if the argument is outside the