From d15bb2624809b6a1ca35d1effcd57c1508795c4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 22:05:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update OrderedDict docs to reflect acceptance of PEP 468
---
Doc/library/collections.rst | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 9f3f5dc8ff..8e2eb4d9b0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -1029,14 +1029,15 @@ Equality tests between :class:`OrderedDict` objects and other
dictionaries. 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.
-
.. versionchanged:: 3.5
The items, keys, and values :term:`views <dictionary view>`
of :class:`OrderedDict` now support reverse iteration using :func:`reversed`.
+.. versionchanged:: 3.6
+ With the acceptance of :pep:`468`, order is retained for keyword arguments
+ passed to the :class:`OrderedDict` constructor and its :meth:`update`
+ method.
+
:class:`OrderedDict` Examples and Recipes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
--
2.40.0