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  r81414 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-05-21 15:51:45 -0500 (Fri, 21 May 2010) | 1 line

  return NotImplemented from Mapping when comparing to a non-mapping #8729
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diff --git a/Lib/_abcoll.py b/Lib/_abcoll.py
index 82ded37..3743ea8 100644
--- a/Lib/_abcoll.py
+++ b/Lib/_abcoll.py
@@ -369,8 +369,9 @@
     __hash__ = None
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return isinstance(other, Mapping) and \
-               dict(self.items()) == dict(other.items())
+        if not isinstance(other, Mapping):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return dict(self.items()) == dict(other.items())
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not (self == other)