From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:34:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add note on using keyword arguments with OrderedDict.
X-Git-Tag: v3.1b1~330
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3618078cd67cb9cc4e4cdedd22b7a628bbb7fc6b;p=python

Add note on using keyword arguments with OrderedDict.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 2e6a537828..e27d89ae84 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 <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576693/>`_