From 3fc08d23c701d793872c3f9961fd24296e61a3d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:33:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Group dict[ionary] news together; and use dict() instead of dictionary(). --- Misc/NEWS | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index bd8f51a562..2d4c0c0017 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes - The new builtin dictionary() constructor, and dictionary type, have been renamed to dict. This reflects a decade of common usage. +- dict() now accepts an iterable object producing 2-sequences. For + example, dict(d.items()) == d for any dictionary d. The argument, + and the elements of the argument, can be any iterable objects. + - New-style classes can now have a __del__ method, which is called when the instance is deleted (just like for classic classes). @@ -25,11 +29,6 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes instances of new-style classes that have a __dict__ (unless the base class forbids it). -- dictionary() now accepts an iterable object producing 2-sequences. - For example, dictionary(d.items()) == d for any dictionary d. The - argument, and the elements of the argument, can be any iterable - objects. - - Methods of built-in types now properly check for keyword arguments (formerly these were silently ignored). The only built-in methods that take keyword arguments are __call__, __init__ and __new__. -- 2.40.0